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>Data and R code for “Individual-level variation in reproductive effort in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)”, Forest Ecology and Management, 2022</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
        <givenName>S</givenName>
        <surName>Snell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Ohio University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>snell@ohio.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2456-405X</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sarah</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Smith</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Ohio University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>s.jane.sm@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Brian</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>McCarthy</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Ohio University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mccarthy@ohio.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Todd</givenName>
        <givenName>F</givenName>
        <surName>Hutchinson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>todd.hutchinson@usda.gov</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/724/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
        <givenName>S</givenName>
        <surName>Snell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Ohio University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>snell@ohio.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2456-405X</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>