Data for: Increased Bat Activity After Pesticide Application: Short-Term Foraging Opportunity or Sensory Trap?
Description
This dataset supports the manuscript entitled “Increased Bat Activity After Pesticide Application: Short-Term Foraging Opportunity or Sensory Trap?”. The dataset contains the data used to examine short-term responses of insectivorous bats and insect prey to pesticide spraying in intensive rice paddies in China. The Excel workbook includes bat acoustic monitoring data, insect abundance data, pesticide spraying information, species-level bat activity summaries, foraging activity indices, diversity metrics, and statistical data used in the manuscript. The study was conducted in 11 independent rice paddies over two years. Bat activity was recorded using passive acoustic monitoring, and insect abundance was sampled before and after pesticide application. The data can be used to reproduce the main analyses of the manuscript, including comparisons of bat activity, Pipistrellus abramus activity, foraging attempts, insect abundance, and bat species diversity across different periods before and after pesticide spraying. Variables and grouping information are provided in the workbook.