Indirect effects of habitat amount mediated by habitat configuration determine bat diversity at the landscape-scale in Peninsular Malaysia

The impacts of fragmentation are often overlooked in landscape studies investigating how habitat loss impacts biodiversity, despite the casual relationship linking both processes. As habitat loss is the primary cause of fragmentation, understanding the inter-related effects of these twin processes on biodiversity is key to minimise biodiversity loss. Here we assess how habitat amount and configuration influence insectivorous bat assemblages, considering both the direct effects of these processes, as well as the indirect effects of habitat amount mediated through configuration., , , # Indirect effects of habitat amount mediated by habitat configuration determine bat diversity at the landscape-scale in Peninsular Malaysia

## \"Bat response\" dataset

This data depicts the different measures of bat diversity recorded at the different study sites.

SITE: location where the acoustic recorder was set. Sites starting with CF were located on the mainland, and sites starting with Is were islands.

RICHNESS: sonotype richness recorded at each site

ACTIVITY: acoustic activity recorded at each site

FOREST: acoustic activity of forest foragers recorded at each site

EDGE: acoustic activity of edge foragers recorded at each site

OPEN SPACE : acoustic activity of open-space foragers recorded at each site

## \"Landscape metrics\" dataset

This data depicts the chracteristics of the circular lansdcapes surounding each acoustic recorder. Each page of the the file corresponds to the radii of the buffer used, ranging between 250m and 1000m.

SITE: location where the acoustic rec...