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>Plant composition data from 67 grassland sites of the Upper Gunnison Basin, CO, USA, 2014</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joshua</givenName>
        <givenName>S</givenName>
        <surName>Lynn</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jslynn@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Melanie</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Kazenel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mkazenel@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Stephanie</givenName>
        <givenName>N</givenName>
        <surName>Kivlin</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; The University of Tennessee, Knoxville</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>skivlin@utk.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Rudgers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jrudgers@unm.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/418/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joshua</givenName>
        <givenName>S</givenName>
        <surName>Lynn</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jslynn@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Rudgers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Mexico; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jrudgers@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>