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>Extent, impacts, and drivers of oystershell scale invasions in aspen ecosystems in Arizona, USA 2020-2022</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Connor</givenName>
            <givenName>D</givenName>
            <surName>Crouch</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>connor.crouch@usda.gov</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>School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kristen.waring@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9935-9432</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Amanda</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Grady</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Arizona Zone</organizationName>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Nicholas</givenName>
            <givenName>P</givenName>
            <surName>Wilhelmi</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Arizona Zone</organizationName>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Richard</givenName>
            <givenName>W</givenName>
            <surName>Hofstetter</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Margaret</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Moore</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
      </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/1592/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Connor</givenName>
            <givenName>D</givenName>
            <surName>Crouch</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>connor.crouch@usda.gov</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>School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kristen.waring@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9935-9432</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>