The goal of this thesis research was to determine the success rate of planted and natural regeneration on forest areas around Logatec following severe damage from a combination of ice storm, bark beetle, and salvage logging. In particular, we focused on forest sites that were comprised of pure spruce prior to these disturbances. We placed 10 research plots inside disturbance patches that were previously dominated by pole stage spruce forest and 10 plots in patches previously covered with mature spruce forest. The plot size was 10x10m. On all plots we found an abundant herb layer, which interferes with the regeneration on these sites. The total densities of regeneration in pole stage and mature forest were virtually the same, at around 2975 individuals/ha. The spatial distribution of regenerated areas was uneven. The success of artificial restoration was very poor, due to high mortality of planted beech. There was 14,8 % less undamaged natural seedlings and 10 % more undamaged planted seedlings inside pole stage stands compared to mature forest. Height growth of seedlings was larger in the pole stage stands.
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