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>Growth and survival of seedlings of 14 species of lowland rainforest trees planted in the La Guaria Annex (Canada Plot) of La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, in 1986 and measured every six months or every year until 1992 (Part 1 of 2)</title>
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      <individualName>
        <givenName>C.</givenName>
        <givenName>Eric</givenName>
        <surName>Johnson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>EDI</organizationName>
      <positionName>EDI Fellow</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>515 W Kirkwood Ave. #3</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Bloomington</city>
        <administrativeArea>IN</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>47404</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>cej9@iu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0715-5059</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Melissa</givenName>
        <surName>Salva Sauri</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>EDI</organizationName>
      <positionName>EDI Fellow</positionName>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-8761-175X</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Eugenio</givenName>
        <surName>Gonzalez</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Texas A and M Soltis Center for Research and Education</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Orlando</givenName>
        <surName>Vargas Ramirez</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Organization for Tropical Studies</organizationName>
      <positionName>Director of Science Operations</positionName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Deedra</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>McCleaen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Organization for Tropical Studies</organizationName>
      <positionName>Special Consultant on Science and Research</positionName>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0352-9754</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <surName>Braker</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Organization for Tropical Studies</organizationName>
      <positionName>President and CEO</positionName>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-6657-3520</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Enrique</givenName>
        <surName>Castro</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Organization for Tropical Studies</organizationName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ana</givenName>
        <surName>Sepulveda</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Organization for Tropical Studies</organizationName>
    </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/80/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>C. </givenName>
        <givenName>Eric</givenName>
        <surName>Johnson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>EDI</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cej9@iu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0715-5059</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>