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>Post-fire Variability in Siberian Alder in Interior Alaska: Distribution Patterns, Nitrogen Fixation Rates, and Ecosystem Consequences IX - Plant Identifications 2015</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Brian</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Houseman</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Former Graduate Student</positionName>
      <!--No address recorded in database ( pers/address when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No phone info in Database  ( pers/tel1, tel2 or cell when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <electronicMailAddress>bhouseman@abrinc.com
</electronicMailAddress>
      <!--No personal web address info on file-->
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Roger</givenName>
        <givenName>W.</givenName>
        <surName>Ruess</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Primary Investigator</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Institute of Arctic Biology  University of Alaska Fairbanks P.O. Box 757000</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK </administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775-0180</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(907) 474-7153</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">(907) 474-6967</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>rwruess@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://people.iab.uaf.edu/roger_ruess</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Teresa</givenName>
        <givenName>Nettleton</givenName>
        <surName>Hollingsworth</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>LTER Co-Principal Investigator</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 756780,University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK </administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(907) 474-2424</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">(907) 474-6251</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>thollingsworth@fs.fed.us</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.becru.uaf.edu/personnel/Teresa.htm</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
    </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/knb-lter-bnz/749/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
      <positionName>Data Manager</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>