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>Quantifying Sustainability and Drivers of Aspen Regeneration and Recruitment in Arizona 2020-2022</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Connor</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Crouch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Graduate Research Assistant</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cdc442@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0353-5820</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kristen</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Waring</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor of Silviculture and Applied Forest Health</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kristen.waring@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9935-9432</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nicholas</givenName>
        <givenName>P</givenName>
        <surName>Wilhelmi</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Arizona Zone</organizationName>
      <positionName>Forest Pathologist</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nicholas.wilhelmi@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Margaret</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Moore</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>margaret.moore@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Paul</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>Rogers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Western Aspen Alliance, Utah State University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Director</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>p.rogers@usu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/1448/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Connor</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Crouch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Graduate Research Assistant</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cdc442@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0353-5820</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kristen</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Waring</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor of Silviculture and Applied Forest Health</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kristen.waring@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9935-9432</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>