Appendix S1Relationship between deciduous tree cover at crossed stand and landscape scales. Dot size indicates mean bat activity per stand

Appendix S2Mean (±SE) bat activity per sampling period

Appendix S3Results of model averaging forbat species richness and bat activity

Estimate / Std.Error / 2.5% CI / 97.5% CI / RVI
Species richness ~ stand scale
June / -0.713 / 0.325 / -1.351 / -0.076 / 1
May / -0.972 / 0.33 / -1.619 / -0.325 / -
Deciduous trees / -0.133 / 0.214 / -0.552 / 0.286 / 0.14
Tree height / 0.066 / 0.309 / -0.539 / 0.672 / 0.28
Tree height : June / -0.472 / 0.315 / -1.089 / 0.144 / 0.14
Tree height : May / -0.629 / 0.318 / -1.251 / -0.006 / -
Dead_trees / -0.095 / 0.213 / -0.512 / 0.322 / 0.13
Stratification / 0.026 / 0.215 / -0.395 / 0.447 / 0.12
Species richness ~ 250m buffer
Urban area / -0.431 / 0.225 / -0.871 / 0.009 / 1
June / -0.71 / 0.319 / -1.336 / -0.085 / 1
May / -0.971 / 0.324 / -1.606 / -0.336 / -
Deciduous_trees / 0.323 / 0.299 / -0.264 / 0.909 / 0.42
Deciduous_trees : June / -0.762 / 0.308 / -1.366 / -0.157 / 0.33
Deciduous_trees : May / -0.35 / 0.312 / -0.962 / 0.262 / -
Shannon / 0.163 / 0.19 / -0.211 / 0.536 / 0.24
Urban area : June / -0.521 / 0.321 / -1.15 / 0.109 / 0.12
Urban area : May / -0.25 / 0.323 / -0.883 / 0.384 / -
Open habitats / 0.061 / 0.193 / -0.317 / 0.439 / 0.09
Species richness ~ 500m buffer
Deciduous_trees / 0.539 / 0.318 / -0.083 / 1.163 / 0.71
Urban area / -0.124 / 0.389 / -0.887 / 0.638 / 1
June / -0.708 / 0.29 / -1.276 / -0.139 / 1
May / -0.963 / 0.294 / -1.54 / -0.385 / 1
Urban area : June / -0.982 / 0.294 / -1.559 / -0.405 / 1
Urban area : May / -0.359 / 0.295 / -0.937 / 0.219 / 1
Shannon diversity / -0.046 / 0.202 / -0.444 / 0.35 / 0.15
Open habitats / -0.042 / 0.204 / -0.443 / 0.358 / 0.15
Bat activity ~ stand scale
Deciduous trees / 0.453 / 0.212 / 0.038 / 0.868 / 1
June / -1.037 / 0.416 / -1.852 / -0.221 / 1
May / -0.286 / 0.423 / -1.114 / 0.542 / -
Dead_trees / -0.058 / 0.213 / -0.476 / 0.36 / 0.18
Stratification / 0.037 / 0.209 / -0.372 / 0.446 / 0.18
Tree height / 0 / 0.211 / -0.414 / 0.413 / 0.17
Bat activity ~ 250m buffer
Shannon diversity / 0.359 / 0.228 / -0.088 / 0.807 / 0.59
June / -1.045 / 0.415 / -1.859 / -0.231 / 1
May / -0.307 / 0.422 / -1.133 / 0.52 / -
Deciduous_trees / 0.175 / 0.222 / -0.26 / 0.609 / 0.23
Urban area / -0.092 / 0.212 / -0.509 / 0.324 / 0.19
Open habitats / 0.061 / 0.27 / -0.468 / 0.59 / 0.1
Bat activity ~ 500m buffer
June / -1.064 / 0.412 / -1.874 / -0.255 / 1
May / -0.301 / 0.419 / -1.123 / 0.519 / 1
Deciduous_trees / 0.298 / 0.486 / -0.655 / 1.252 / 0.41
Urban area / -0.247 / 0.507 / -1.242 / 0.747 / 0.41
Deciduous_trees : June / 0.967 / 0.655 / -0.317 / 2.253 / 0.12
Deciduous_trees : May / 1.362 / 0.657 / 0.0748 / 2.65 / 0.12
Urban area : June / -1.476 / 0.683 / -2.816 / -0.137 / 0.12
Urban area : May / -1.215 / 0.634 / -2.458 / 0.027 / 0.12
Open habitats / 0.12 / 0.234 / -0.339 / 0.579 / 0.11
Shannon diversity / -0.07 / 0.232 / -0.526 / 0.385 / 0.1

Appendix S4Results of conditional and marginal Monte Carlopermutation testsfor dbRDA: stand-scale, landscape-scale (500m) and global (both stand- and landscape-scales). Cor.1 and Cor.2 are the species – environment correlation value for each ordination axis.

Cor. 1 / Cor. 2 / Predictor / Df / Var / F / Cond. Pr(>F) / Marg. Pr(>F)
Stand / 0.689 / 0.613 / Deciduous / 1 / 0.24 / 2.40 / 0.02 / 0.01
Height / 1 / 0.20 / 1.96 / 0.03 / 0.04
Dead trees / 1 / 0.06 / 0.62 / 0.76 / 0.72
Sampling / 2 / 0.49 / 2.45 / 0.01 / 0.01
Stratif / 1 / 0.07 / 0.67 / 0.67 / 0.76
Landscape / 0.638 / 0.620 / Open habitats / 1 / 0.21 / 2.08 / 0.45 / 0.55
Deciduous500 / 1 / 0.27 / 2.78 / 0.01 / 0.02
Shannon / 1 / 0.09 / 0.88 / 0.47 / 0.48
Sampling / 2 / 0.47 / 2.37 / 0.01 / 0.01
Global / 0.697 / 0.743 / Deciduous / 1 / 0.24 / 2.46 / 0.01 / 0.01
Stratif / 1 / 0.10 / 1.00 / 0.49 / 0.83
Height / 1 / 0.17 / 1.74 / 0.08 / 0.06
Deadtree / 1 / 0.06 / 0.63 / 0.71 / 0.93
Sampling / 2 / 0.49 / 2.50 / 0.005 / 0.005
Open habitats / 1 / 0.14 / 1.42 / 0.18 / 0.65
Deciduous500 / 1 / 0.21 / 2.11 / 0.04 / 0.08
Shannon / 1 / 0.09 / 0.88 / 0.5 / 0.41