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>Physical, chemical, and metabolic leaf characteristics within sugar maple in the MELNHE study at Bartlett Experimental Forest, central NH USA, 2017</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Alexander</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Young</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY-ESF</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>aryoung@syr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-0301</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ruth</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Yanai</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY-ESF</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rdyanai@syr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2489</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rakesh</givenName>
        <surName>Minocha</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Raksesh.minocha@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-5137</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Stephanie</givenName>
        <surName>Long</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Stephanie.long2@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>John</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Drake</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY-ESF</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jed@esf.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/knb-lter-hbr/258/5</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>