CRITTER – Canadian Repository of Invertebrate Traits and Trait-Like Ecological Records

The CRITTER database documents 50 functional traits and has entries for more than 400 different species. We hope to foster potential collaborations among researchers by promoting data sharing.

The CRITTER database has two parts.

• The Literature review module compiles functional trait data from the scientific literature
• The Empirical measurements module is a repository for functional traits that have been measured in the field or lab on invertebrates in a variety of Canadian ecosystems.

Collaborating members

The CRITTER network is hosted by the Canadian Forest Service of Natural Resources Canada. Members of the network include academics and federal government researchers.

Scientific Committee

• Handa, Tanya (Université du Québec à Montréal) Science lead and Database curator
• Aubin, Isabelle (Canadian Forest Service)
• Raymond-Léonard, Laura (Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Boisvert-Marsh, Laura (Canadian Forest Service) Database Manager
• Dupuch, Angélique (Université du Québec en Outaouais)
• Hébert, Christian (Canadian Forest Service)
• Nahmani, Johanne (Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive CNRS)

Members of the CRITTER network include:

• Brousseau, Pierre-Marc (Université de Rouen)
• Girona, Jessica (Canadian Forest Service)
• Laigle, Idaline (Université de Sherbrooke)
• Rousseau, Laurent (Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Venier, Lisa (Canadian Forest Service)