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>Seedling Dynamics Demography Data, from the Yasuní Forest Dynamics Plot, Ecuador, 2002-2019
</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Dr</salutation>
        <givenName>Margaret</givenName>
        <givenName>Rowan</givenName>
        <surName>Metz</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lewis &amp; Clark College</organizationName>
      <positionName>Associate Professor of Biology</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mmetz@lclark.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4221-7318</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Milton</givenName>
        <surName>Zambrano</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Dr</salutation>
        <givenName>Renato</givenName>
        <surName>Valencia</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lrvalencia@puce.edu.ec</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9770-6568</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Dr</salutation>
        <givenName>Nancy</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>Garwood</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Southern Illinois University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ngarwood@plant.siu.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/1454/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>Dr</salutation>
        <givenName>Margaret</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Metz</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lewis &amp; Clark College</organizationName>
      <positionName>Associate Professor of Biology</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mmetz@lclark.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4221-7318</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>