Table 3.
Standard deviation (1s) of the estimated TPGlu/Phe values of seven representative terrestrial species with different growth stages
| N | TPGlu/Phe | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Egg | Larva | Chrysalis | Adult | Total | Average | 1σ1 | 1σ2 | |
| Butterfly | Pieris rapae | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2.09 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Paper wasp | Polistes japonicus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.02 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Paper wasp | Polistes jokahamae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.07 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Paper wasp | Polistes rothneyi | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3.03 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| Paper wasp | Parapolybia indica | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2.97 | 0.11 | 0.24 |
| Ladybug | Harmonia axyridis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3.07 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
| Hornet | Vespa analis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.05 | 0.11 | 0.29 |
1
Standard deviation (1σ) for the comparison of the TPGlu/Phe values from multiple samples.
2
An average of potential uncertainly in TPGlu/Phe value calculated by taking into account the propagation of 1σ for δ15NGlu, δ15NPhe, β, and TDF in eq. (1).