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>
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<title>The distance dependence prediction of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Laura</givenName>
        <givenName>A.</givenName>
        <surName>Hyatt</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Science and Math division, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>laura.hyatt@westvalley.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Michael</givenName>
        <givenName>S.</givenName>
        <surName>Rosenberg</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>msrosenberg@vcu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Timothy</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Howard</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Albany NY, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>tghoward@esf.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Gregory</givenName>
        <surName>Bole</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>bole@zoology.ubc.ca</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Wei</givenName>
        <surName>Fang</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>City University of New York-Queens College, New York City, NY, USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jean</givenName>
        <surName>Anastasia</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Biology, Suffolk County Community College, Seldon, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kerry</givenName>
        <surName>Brown</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Kingston University, London, UK</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>k.brown@kingston.ac.uk</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
        <surName>Grella</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Brentwood High School, Brentwood, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Katharine</givenName>
        <surName>Hinman</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Decatur First United Methodist Church, Decatur, GA, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Josepha</givenName>
        <givenName>P.</givenName>
        <surName>Kurdziel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>1) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA</organizationName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>josephak@umich.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jessica</givenName>
        <surName>Gurevitch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jessica.gurevitch@stonybrook.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/542/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jessica</givenName>
        <surName>Gurevitch</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jessica.gurevitch@stonybrook.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
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</methodStep>