Fig. 3. Changes in nitrogen isotope ratio (
15N;
) in two
tissues of Leptonycteris curasoae (A,C) and Glossophaga
soricina (B,D) after the diet was changed at day one to plant products
with a nitrogen isotope ratio that was more enriched in 15N by
9
15N than the initial diet; mean values
(± 1 S.D.) for blood are shown in A and B (open
circles) and those for wing membrane in C and D (filled circles). Exponential
regression functions were fitted to the data sets (solid line; see equations
in the corresponding graphs). Broken lines give the expected regression lines
calculated with the corresponding regression coefficients derived from the
carbon isotope data set (Voigt et al.,
2003b).