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 experimental manipulation of light and nutrients on establishment of seedlings
      of native and invasive woody species in Long Island, NY, USA forests 2000 - 2003</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jessica</givenName>
        <surName>Gurevitch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,
        NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jessica.gurevitch@stonybrook.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0157-4332</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Timothy</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Howard</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>New York Natural Heritage Program, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and
        Forestry, Albany, NY, USA </organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>tghoward@esf.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Isabel</givenName>
        <givenName>W.</givenName>
        <surName>Ashton</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>National Park Services-Inventory and Monitoring division, Rapid City, SD,
        USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>A.</givenName>
        <surName>Leger</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV,
        USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lelizabeth@unr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Katherine</givenName>
        <givenName>M.</givenName>
        <surName>Howe</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Midwest Invasive Plant Network, The Nature Conservancy, Indianapolis, IN,
        USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Eliza</givenName>
        <surName>Woo</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Manuel</givenName>
        <surName>Lerdau</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
        VA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mlerdau@virginia.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1864-0834</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/537/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jessica</givenName>
        <surName>Gurevitch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,
        NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jessica.gurevitch@stonybrook.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0157-4332</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>