posted on 2025-08-20, 02:49authored byJulian Dendy, Olaf Kuegler U. S., Ashley D. Lehman U. S., Wendolin Roseo Marquez, Mct Fia
<p>Table 2. Source of largest forest disturbance by percent of forest area disturbed, and total percent of forest area affected by all disturbance types across Micronesia. CI: confidence interval, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia, RMI: Republic of Marshall Islands, CNMI: Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.</p><table><tr><th><b>Jurisdiction</b></th><th><b>Largest disturbance type</b></th><th><b>% of Forest area [80% CI]</b></th><th><b>All disturbances [80% CI]</b></th><th><b>Endemics [80%CI]</b></th><th><b>Most common understory species</b></th><th><b>% Forest area [80%CI]</b></th></tr><tr><th>RMI</th><td>Weather</td><td>4.3% [0-8.6%]</td><td>8.1% [2.3-13.9%]</td><td>0%</td><td><i>Cocos nucifera</i></td><td>11.1% [7.7-14.5%]</td></tr><tr><th>FSM</th><td>Human</td><td>21.2% [16.2-26.2%]</td><td>39.2% [33.5-45.7%]</td><td>8.3% [6.9-9.7%]</td><td><i>Hibiscus tiliaceus</i></td><td>8.1% [6.3-9.9%]</td></tr><tr><th>Palau</th><td>Weather</td><td>10.9% [5.6-16.2%]</td><td>25.1% [18.2-32%]</td><td>20.6% [17.9-23.3%]</td><td><i>Pinanga insignis</i></td><td>16.5% [13-20%]</td></tr><tr><th>Guam</th><td>Animals</td><td>29.8% [22.2-37.4%]</td><td>49.1% [40.8-57.4%]</td><td>6.9% [5-8.8%]</td><td><i>Hibiscus tiliaceus</i></td><td>9.9% [7.8-12%]</td></tr><tr><th>CNMI</th><td>Tree Disease</td><td>40.1% [33.1-47.1%]</td><td>67.7% [58.7-76.7%]</td><td>9.3% [5.8-12.8%]</td><td><i>Leucaena leucocephala</i></td><td>23.5% [17.9-29.1%]</td></tr></table><p>Notes:</p>Published as part of <i>Dendy, Julian, U. S., Olaf Kuegler, Lehman U. S., Ashley D., Marquez, Wendolin Roseo & Fia, Mct, 2020, Forest Status Across Micronesia from an Assessment of Micronesia Challenge Terrestrial Measures and Forest Inventory and Analysis Data, pp. 6-7 in Micronesica 2020 (2)</i> on page 6, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/12118245">10.5281/zenodo.12118245</a>