Quantitative Delineation of Herpesviruses in Bats for use in Ecological Studies

Anna R. Sjodin; Michael R. Willig; Simon J. Anthony

Figure 3: Viral discovery curves comparing number of detected herpesvirus (OTU richness) with number of sampled host bats for all bats at Mata de Plátano Nature Reserve (top panel) and for each host species (bottom six panels). The black lines represent the empirical pattern of OTU accumulation. The dashed red lines represent extrapolation of undiscovered herpesviruses in the metacommunities, with red shading demonstrating error associated with the estimates. Empirical viral richness per metacommunity (S) is depicted by red triangles. Chao2 numbers estimate true viral richness in each community and is used to calculate the percent of total estimated OTUs that were detected in samples (percent completeness). No discovery curve was generated for viruses infecting P. portoricensis, as only three OTUs were detected in this metacommunity.