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>Combined data on plant species abundance and composition from LTER and other grasslands
      in the United States, 1943 - 2010</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lauren M</givenName>
        <surName>Hallett</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hallett@uoregon.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org/">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0718-0257</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joanna S</givenName>
        <surName>Hsu</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jhsu118@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elsa E</givenName>
        <surName>Cleland</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cleland@ucsd.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Scott L</givenName>
        <surName>Collins</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>scollins@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Timothy L</givenName>
        <surName>Diskson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>tdickson@unomaha.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Emily C</givenName>
        <surName>Farrer</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>efarrer@tulane.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Laureano A</givenName>
        <surName>Gherardi</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Laureano.Gherardi@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Katherine L</givenName>
        <surName>Gross</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>grossk@kbs.msu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Richard J</givenName>
        <surName>Hobbs</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>richard.hobbs@uwa.edu.au</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Laura</givenName>
        <surName>Turnbull</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Laura.Turnbull@durham.ac.uk</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Katherine N</givenName>
        <surName>Suding</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>suding@colorado.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>James</givenName>
        <surName>Bartolome</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Jwbart@berkeley.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <surName>Hopkinson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>phopkin@berkeley.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/358/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lauren M</givenName>
        <surName>Hallett</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hallett@uoregon.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org/">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0718-0257</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>