Rocha et al - Secondary forest regeneration benefits old-growth specialist bats in a fragmented tropical landscape_data.xlsx

Abundance data of bat species sampled at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Central Amazon, Brazil, ~15 years (1996-2002) and ~30 years (2011-2013) after forest clearing. Data is organized as used for the joint species distribution model of the publication “Rocha, R., Ovaskainen, O., Lopez-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Sampaio, E., Bobrowiec, P., Cabeza, M., Palmeirim, J. and Meyer, C.F.J., 2018. Secondary forest regeneration benefits old-growth specialist bats in a fragmented tropical landscape. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21999-2”. Data includes:

Matrix Y: Abundance data of bat species captured during a given mist-netting session.

Matrix X: Covariates used for the joint species distribution model. These variables were: i) habitat type (coded as continuous_forest, fragment_interior or secondary_forest); ii) survey period (1996-2002 (coded as 1) or 2011-13 (coded as 2); iii) percentage of secondary forest cover within a radius of 500 m from each site; and iv) survey effort given as mist-net hours [1 mist-net hour (mnh) equals one 12-m net open for 1 h].

Matrix T: Habitat affinity classification of the species present in the matrix Y.

Matrix C: Phylogenetic correlation matrix of the species present in the matrix Y.