Data from: Roost switching and behavioural shifts following human disturbance of vampire bats in complex landscapes

Rabies transmitted by common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) remains an important threat to livestock and human health across Latin America. Understanding how bats respond to direct human disturbance is particularly relevant because management actions targeting vampire bats may alter their movement behaviour and, therefore, influence pathogen spread. This dataset was generated from a GPS tracking study conducted in the Peruvian Andes during 2022-2023, in which 93 vampire bats were captured, tagged and monitored to investigate post-disturbance movement behaviour. GPS tracking data were processed using a Bayesian state-space modelling framework that accounted for incomplete observations and GPS error. The repository also includes data from a long-term vampire bat monitoring programme conducted between 2007 and 2019, which was used to assess body mass variation in vampire bats and potential effects associated with GPS tag deployment. In addition to the tracking and capture records, the repository contains environmental covariates, processed datasets, and analytical code required to reproduce the study workflow and analyses.