Method Step

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<methodStep>
<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>Understory plant community data from repeated plot sampling (1978-2019) in old-growth northern hardwood forest, northern Michigan (Dukes RNA, Hiawatha National Forest)</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kerry</givenName>
        <givenName>D.</givenName>
        <surName>Woods</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Bennington College</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor emeritus</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>9 Maple Avenue</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Cambridge</city>
        <administrativeArea>New York</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>12816</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">5186691370</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>kerry.d.woods@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1029-6995</userId>
      <userId directory="https://isni.oclc.org/">0000 0001 0670 2431</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/1412/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kerry</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Woods</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Kerry Woods</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>9 Maple Avenue</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Cambridge</city>
        <administrativeArea>New York</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>12816</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">5186691370</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>kerry.d.woods@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1029-6995</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Christel</givenName>
        <givenName>C.</givenName>
        <surName>Kern</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>U.S. Forest Service</organizationName>
      <positionName>Research Forester, Northern Research Station</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>christel.c.kern@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4923-6180</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>