More and more data are being collected on species traits, as a means to understand how species respond and interact with their environment. Despite these efforts, effective integration of such data is hampered by inadequate standardization and insufficient sharing of metadata. This project will streamline the collection, synthesis and reuse of data on key species traits (energy metabolism, development and fecundity). By developing pipelines for data reformatting and standardization, we will enable individual researchers to easily contribute their data to our new database, allowing the research community to tap into the wealth of existing data and achieve a synthesis.