Summary statistics of parameters at population, ensemble and assemblage-level.

<p>Parameters at population-level: capture rate (individuals/night) as indicator of species local abundance. Parameters at ensemble-level: rarified number of nectarivorous (S₈N) and frugivorous species (S₈F), capture rate of nectarivores (AbN) and frugivores (AbF). Parameters at assemblage-level: scores of the first (SC₁) and second (SC₂) ordination axis reflecting assemblage's dissimilarities in species composition and structure, rarified number of phyllostomid species (S₈P) and capture rate of phyllostomids (AbP). Mean: mean per site of the parameters at population, ensemble and assemblage-level. SD: standard deviation. Species in bold are those analyzed at the population-level. Species ensemble assignations are shown between parentheses: gleaning insectivores (GI), nectarivores (N), frugivores (F) and sanguivores (S). The number of sites sampled was 12 for all parameters except for three, which are marked with an asterisk. In these three parameters the site P1 was excluded from the analyses due to its low number of sampling nights.</p

Relationships between population, ensemble and assemblage-level parameters and the habitat attributes.

<p>Parameter at population-level: species abundance. Parameters at ensemble-level: rarified number of nectarivorous (S₈N) and frugivorous species (S₈F), abundance of nectarivores (AbN) and frugivores (AbF). Parameters at assemblage-level: scores of the first (SC₁) and second ordination axis (SC₂) reflecting assemblage dissimilarities in species composition and structure, rarified number of phyllostomid species (S₈P) and abundance of phyllostomids (AbP). Habitat attributes: vegetation structural complexity (V_struct), mean area of dry (DF_area) and riparian forest patches (RF_area), percentage of riparian forest cover (RF_%) and diversity of patch types (Div). Negative relationships are shown in parentheses.</p

Classified image showing sampling sites and concentric focal scales.

<p>Circles around sampling sites represent the focal scales of 500 and 1000 m radii. Successional stages: pasture (P), early (E), intermediate (I) and late (L). Dry forest is colored light gray, whereas small areas of riparian forest are colored dark gray. The polygon encloses the area of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve.</p

Number of chiropterophylic and chiropterochoric species per plant family occurring in dry and riparian forest.

<p>A: chiropterophylic species, B: chiropterochoric species. Dry and riparian forests arerepresented by white and black bars respectively. The entire species' checklist of the Chamela-Cuixmala region, as well as detailed information on how it was generated, appear in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0035228#pone.0035228.s004" target="_blank">Table S3</a>.</p

Species richness estimated with the first-order jackknife estimator, per site and per season.

<p>Study regions: Chamela Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve in Mexico (A), Unidad de Producción Socialista Agropecuaria Piñero in Venezuela (B), and Mata Seca State Park in Brazil (C). Sampling sites representing different successional stages are: pastures (from P1 to P3), early (from E1 to E3), intermediate (from I1 to I3) and late stage (from L1 to L3). Seasons: rainy season (triangles) and dry season (circles). Error bars represent the ±95% confidence intervals.</p

Summary of the tests evaluating seasonal variation at the assemblage level.

<p>Study sites are the same as described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084572#pone-0084572-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1</a>. For tests based on randomizations (composition and abundance) the standardized effect size is provided (Z = (Observed value – Expected value)/StDev of expected values). The Z-score quantifies, in units of standard deviation, the position of the observed metric within the simulated distribution. Significant relationships (p-value ≤0.05) appear in bold and marginally significant relationships (0.05). Structure: result of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test evaluating seasonal changes in bat assemblages regarding their structure (species rank distribution). Detailed information about these analyses are presented in the method section.</p

Percentage of variation in the population, ensemble and assemblage-level parameters associated with the variation of the explanatory variable.

<p>Study sites are the same as described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084572#pone-0084572-g001" target="_blank">Fig. 1</a>. Seasons: rainy season (RS), and dry season (DS). Parameters at population-level: capture rate (individuals/night) as an indicator of local abundance of the species. Parameters at ensemble-level: capture rate (individuals/night) as an indicator of local abundance of the guild. Parameters at assemblage-level: scores of the first and second ordination axis reflecting assemblages’ dissimilarities in species composition (Species SC₁ and Species SC₂, respectively); scores of the second ordination axis reflecting assemblages’ dissimilarities in guild composition (Guild SC₂), and species richness estimated by using the first-order jackknife estimator (Jack1). Explanatory variables: successional stage (S_stage) and scores of the first ordination axis reflecting sampling sites’ dissimilarities in vegetation structural complexity (V_struct). n: number of sampling sites. <i>R²_dev</i> is the fraction of the total deviance explained by a model considering all explanatory variables when the Poisson error distribution was used and <i>R²</i> when the normal error distribution was used. Significant relationships according to the randomization test appear in bold. Negative relationships are shown in parentheses. Only the parameters that were significantly associated with some explanatory variable are shown in this table. See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0084572#pone.0084572.s005" target="_blank">Table S3</a> for all the results.</p

Capture rate (individuals/night) of phyllostomid bats per site and per season.

<p>Sites and stages described in Fig. 1.</p