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>Comparison of Urban-Rural Tree Growth Response to Climate in the Eastern U.S. for the years 1990-2014</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Kayla</givenName>
            <surName>Warner</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>CUNY Advanced Science Research Center</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kwarner8102@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Andrew</givenName>
            <surName>Reinmann</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>CUNY Advanced Science Research Center</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>areinmann@gc.cuny.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-6486-943X</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Nancy</givenName>
            <surName>Sonti</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>US Forest Service</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>nsonti.fs@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
            <surName>Cook</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Barnard College</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>ecook@barnard.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Rich</givenName>
            <surName>Hallett</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>US Forest Service</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>rahallett@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Lucy</givenName>
            <surName>Hutyra</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Boston University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>lrhutyra@bu.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/1563/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Andrew</givenName>
            <surName>Reinmann</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>CUNY Advanced Science Research Center</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>areinmann@gc.cuny.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-6486-943X</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>