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>Data for 'Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America'</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Dylan</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Kent</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>dylan.raingo@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-6353</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joshua</givenName>
        <givenName>S</givenName>
        <surName>Lynn</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; University of Bergen, Norway</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Joshua.Lynn@uib.no</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7190-7991</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Steven</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>Pennings</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Houston</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>scpennin@Central.UH.EDU</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-7125</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lara</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Souza</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Oklahoma</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lara.souza@ou.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-8667</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Melinda</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Smith</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Colorado State Univsersity</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Melinda.Smith@colostate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4920-6985</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Rudgers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jrudgers@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-4857</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/315/4</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Dylan</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Kent</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>dylan.raingo@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6978-6353</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>