2.3. Bat predation on WBP
We predicted the average number of WBP directly predated by
T. plicata.
Leelapaibul et al. (2005)
assessed the diet of this bat in
Khao Chong Pran in Thailand over one year.
This largest colony
of two million individuals was our reference.
We estimated the
percent mass of WBP in the bat diet from its relative frequency
occurrence (for details see the Supplementary information).
Then the average number of directly predated WBP was derived from
the known mass of adult WBP (Matsumura et al., 2008),
the proportion
of winged female WBP (Cook and Perfect, 1985),
and bat feeding rates (Kunz et al., 1995)