Swanson, David L.Stager, MariaVezina, FrancoisLiu, Jin‑SongMcKechnie, Andrew E.Amirkhiz, Reza Goljani2024-02-282024-02-282023-06-02Swanson, D.L., Stager, M., Vezina, F. et al. 2023, 'Evidence for a maintenance cost for birds maintaining highly flexible basal, but not summit, metabolic rates', Scientific Reports, 13, no. 8968, pp. 1-9. https://DOI.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36218-w2045-2322 (online)10.1038/s41598-023-36218-whttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94971DATA AVAILABILITY : Data are available upon request from the corresponding author, David L. Swanson, and are also publicly available in Dryad (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hqbzkh1n2).Please read abstract in the article.en© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Phenotypic flexibilityBasal metabolic rate (BMR)Maintenance costBirdsMetabolic flexibilityArticle