Methods
We used ensemble ecological niche modelling for 110 selected South Asian
bat species with four algorithms (random forests, artificial neural
networks, multivariate adaptive regression splines, and maximum entropy)
to define climatically suitable areas under current conditions
(1970–2000). We then predicted future (2041–2060) climatically
suitable areas under four projected scenarios (combining two global
climate models and two shared socioeconomic pathways, SSP2:
middle-of-the-road and SSP5: fossil-fuelled development).