Table 1.
Species characteristics and IUCN status of bats recorded in temples.
The breeding season in parenthesis is based on the present study.
Fig 1.
Percentage of microhabitats used by the different species of bats for roosting.
Fig 2.
Effect plots showing the relationship between species richness, abundance and the number of buildings and dark rooms in temples.
Table 2.
Effects of temple characteristics on species richness (lmer model) and bat abundances (glmmadmb model).
Temple id and year are included as random factors. The top models’ average estimates and confidence intervals are given, and the individual model details are included as (S1 Table).
Fig 3.
Effects plots showing the relationship of disturbance (Renovation and number of visitors) on species richness and abundance.
Fig 4.
High resolution (10m) land-use around the temples sampled.
Land use classification is based on Karra et al. 2021. See data analysis for more details.
Table 3.
Species response to land-use elements.
Model averaged parameter estimates of top models (<2 Δ AICc) with non-overlapping confidence intervals are shown in the last column* The top models’ details are included as (S2 Table).
Fig 5.
Percentage availability of habitats in temples with and without bats.
Fig 6.
Mean land-use elements around temples with and without bats at various distances.
* indicates significant differences at p< 0.05.