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>Seed Mass of species from Yasuní National Forest, Ecuador, 2000-2014</title>
<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>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Joseph</givenName>
            <surName>Wright</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>wrightj@si.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4260-5676</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Margaret</givenName>
            <surName>Metz</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Lewis &amp; Clark College</organizationName>
         <positionName>Associate Professor</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>mmetz@lclark.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4221-7318</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/1562/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <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>
      </contact>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <salutation>Dr</salutation>
            <givenName>Margaret</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>