Fig. 2

Study area with visualization of fire damage localities (with localities of sampled vegetation plots in green) according to data made by the Slovenia Forest Service (Košiček et al. 2023 ) prepared on the basis of photo interpretation and field observations. Forests in the area are divided into four categories ranging from 1–ground fire up to 10% damage; 2b–between ground and crown fire, damage up to 50%, tree will survive; 2a–between ground and crown fire, damage between 50 and 90%, tree will die; to 3–crown fire, damage over 90%. Other parts are without damage