Tree survival and recovery was analyzed after the ice storm that occurred between January 30 and February 10, 2014. The analysis was conducted nine growing seasons after the ice storm, and we compared some of the results with analyzes conducted three growing seasons after the ice storm. At two different sites in Slovenia, where measurements had already been made in 2017, we had established 20 research plots in several parallel transects at each site. In total, we analyzed 406 trees. During the analysis, 4 tree species were studied: European beech, sycamore maple, sessile oak, and a sweet chestnut. We found that compared to 2017, mortality had increased by 3.7 % for beech, 3.6 % for sycamore maple, by 2.4 % for sweet chestnut, and 16.7 % in sessile oak. Mortality then decreased with increasing breast diameter, and all trees that died during the last census had > 75 % crown damage. We had also found that the frequency of epicormic shoots decreased on the trunk of sampled trees and increased in the crown. Additionally, the length of the shoots increased both on the trunk and in the crown. We did not detect any effect of damage level on epicormic sprouting on the trunk, but we did find that trees with lower levels of damage had higher levels of epicormic sprouting in the crown.
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