Windthrow damaged 16.5 ha of deciduous forests in Žagar's gorge (Žagarjev graben), GGE Notranji Bohinj, in 1991. In 1996, sleet damaged another 2.6 ha of these forests. We have presented four facilities according to the renovation process and the care done. We have marked out 101 surfaces (10 x 10 m) altogether. We have registered all trees higher than 20 cm and evaluated their veiling according to the altitude class and tree species. We have also registered general orographic features and distance from the forest edge for every surface. The purpose of the research has been to compare successfulness of natural and artificial renovation and to analyse dependence of young trees density from orographic factors and veiling. We have used Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman correlation for the data analysis. At naturally renovated facilities, a beech tree predominated (4816 trees/ha in 2929 trees/ha), in artificially renovated facilities, spruce (2971 / treesha) and goat willow (2960 trees/ha), beech tree was on the second place (2044 trees/ha in 2862 trees/ha). Beech tree has been veiling the most of the surface except one facility where pussy willow was more successful. We have discovered different influences of orographic factors, veiling and distance from the forest edge to density. These influences have been different according to individual tree species and facilities. Several exceptional weather events are expected, therefore, we have suggested some guidelines for managing forests in the future.
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