Method Step

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<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>The recovery of plant community composition following passive restoration across spatial scales, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, 1983-2016</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Emma</givenName>
        <surName>Ladouceur</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig</organizationName>
      <positionName>Postdoc</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Bussestraße</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>6</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Leipzig</city>
        <administrativeArea>Saxony</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>04315</postalCode>
        <country>Germany</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">015207210282</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>emmala@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://emma-ladouceur.github.io/conservation/</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4943-4358</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <organizationName>Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>https://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/1269/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Emma</givenName>
        <surName>Ladouceur</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig</organizationName>
      <positionName>Postdoc</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Bussestraße</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>6</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Leipzig</city>
        <administrativeArea>Saxony</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>04315</postalCode>
        <country>Germany</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">015207210282</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>emmala@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://emma-ladouceur.github.io/conservation/</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4943-4358</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Adam</givenName>
        <surName>Clark</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Graz</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>adam.clark@uni-graz.at</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://www.adamclarktheecologist.com/</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-8843-3278</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Forest</givenName>
        <surName>Isbell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>isbell@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://cbs.umn.edu/contacts/forest-isbell</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9689-769X</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>https://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>