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>Effects of Nutrient Supply, Herbivory, and Host Community on Fungal Endophyte Diversity, Kentucky, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, USA, 2014</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Eric</givenName>
        <givenName>W</givenName>
        <surName>Seabloom</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>seabloom@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Bradford</givenName>
        <surName>Condon</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>bcondon@utk.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Linda</givenName>
        <surName>Kinkel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kinkel@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kimberly</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Komatsu</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Smithsonian Environmental Research Center</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>komatsuk@si.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Candice</givenName>
        <givenName>Y</givenName>
        <surName>Lumibao</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>clumibao@alumni.nd.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Georgiana</givenName>
        <surName>May</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>gmay@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
        <givenName>L</givenName>
        <surName>McCulley</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rebecca.mcculley@uky.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>T</givenName>
        <surName>Borer</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>borer@umn.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/390/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Eric</givenName>
        <givenName>W</givenName>
        <surName>Seabloom</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>seabloom@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>T</givenName>
        <surName>Borer</surName>
      </individualName>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>