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>Invasive buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) increases water stress and reduces growth of native foothills palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla) seedlings in pot experiments</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Pacifica</givenName>
        <surName>Sommers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Pacifica.somers@colorado.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ashley</givenName>
        <surName>Davis</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ardavi23@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <surName>Chesson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan)</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>pchesson@email.arizona.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/642/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Pacifica</givenName>
        <surName>Sommers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Pacifica.somers@colorado.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <surName>Chesson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) and National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan)</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>pchesson@email.arizona.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>