Electronic appendix. Characteristics of each of 30 bat communities used in analyses.
Community
Country
Latitude
Longitude
Continent
Queretaro
Habitat
Reference
Mexico
21.1o N
99.3o W
North America
Montane Tropical Forest
Navarro L. and Leon-Paniagua 1995
Manantlan
Mexico
19.6o N
104.0o W
North America
Montane Tropical Forest
Iniguez Davalos 1993
Ixtapan del Oro
Mexico
19.3o N
100.2o W
North America
Montane Tropical Forest
Alvarez and Alvarez-Castaneda 1996
Los Tuxtlas
Mexico
18.4o N
95.0o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
Estrada et al. 1993
Chiapas
Mexico
16.1o N
91.0o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
Medellin 1993
Lamanai
Belize
17.8o N
88.65o W
North America
Deciduous Tropical Forest
Fenton et al. 2001
Guanacaste-1
Costa Rica
10.4o N
85.2o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
LaVal and Fitch 1977
Guanacaste-2
Costa Rica
10.4o N
85.2o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
Fleming et al. 1972
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
10.0o N
84.8o W
North America
Montane Tropical Forest
LaVal and Fitch 1977
Heredia
Costa Rica
10.5o N
83.8o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
LaVal and Fitch 1977
Sherman
Panama
9.3o N
80.0o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
Fleming et al. 1972
Rodman
Panama
9.0o N
79.6o W
North America
Dry Tropical Forest
Fleming et al. 1972
BCI
Panama
9.2o N
79.8o W
North America
Wet Tropical Forest
Handley et al. 1991
Paracou
French Guiana
5.3o N
52.9o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Simmons and Voss 1998
Zabelitas
Colombia
4.0o N
76.5o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Thomas 1972
Marcarena
Colombia
3.3o N
73.9o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Sanchez-Palomino et al. 1993
Napo
Ecuador
0.6o S
76.3o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Reid et al. 2000
Alter
Brazil
2.5o S
55.0o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Bernard and Fenton 2002
Manaus
Brazil
2.4o S
59.7o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Sampaio et al. 2003
Edaphic Cerrado
Brazil
7.2o S
39.4o W
South America Tropical Woodland-Savannah
Willig 1982
Caatinga
Brazil
7.6o S
39.7o W
South America
Dry Tropical Forest
Willig 1982
Linhares
Brazil
19.0o S
40.3o W
South America
Wet Semi-Tropical Forest
Peracchi and Albuquerque 1993
Panga
Brazil
19.3o S
48.4o W
South America
Wet Semi-Tropical Forest
Pedro and Taddei 1997
Minas Gerais
Brazil
19.8o S
41.8o W
South America
Wet Semi-Tropical Forest
Moura de Souza Aguiar 1994
Morro do Diabo
Brazil
22.5o S
52.3o W
South America
Wet Semi-Tropical Forest
Dos Reis et al. 1996
Jenaro Herrera
Peru
4.9o S
73.8o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Gorchov and Ascorra in litt.
Manu
Peru
11.9o S
71.3o W
South America
Wet Tropical Forest
Ascorra et al. 1996
Bolivia
14.1o S
66.4o W
South America
Tropical Savanna
Aguirre 2002
Mbaracayu
Paraguay
24.1o S
55.5o W
South America
Wet Semi-Tropical Forest
Stevens et al. 2004.
Rio Verde
Paraguay
23.5o S
56.1o W
South America
Dry Semi-Tropical Forest
Stevens et al. 2004.
Espíritu
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