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>Sampling a pika’s pantry: Temporal shifts in nutritional quality &amp; over-winter preservation of American pika food caches</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Johanna</givenName>
        <surName>Varner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Colorado Mesa University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Associate Professor of Biology</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>1100 North Ave</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Grand Junction</city>
        <administrativeArea>CO</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>81501</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">9702481180</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>jvarner@coloradomesa.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9431-0760</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Chris</givenName>
        <surName>Ray</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cray@colorado.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-7963-9637</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Denise</givenName>
        <surName>Dearing</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>denise.dearing@utah.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-7881-4934</userId>
    </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/1287/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
        <givenName>Johanna</givenName>
        <surName>Varner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>1100 North Ave</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Grand Junction</city>
        <administrativeArea>CO</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>81501</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">9702481180</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>jvarner@coloradomesa.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9431-0760`</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>