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>Biomass accumulation in trees and downed wood at Bartlett Experimental Forest, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, the Bowl Natural Research Area, and the White Mountain National Forest, NH, USA</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joe</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Nash</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY College of Environmental Science &amp; Forestry</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jnash2@esf.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-1441</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Matthew</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Vadeboncoeur</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of New Hampshire</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>matthew.vadeboncoeur@unh.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8269-0708</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Adam</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Wild</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY College of Environmental Science &amp; Forestry</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>adamdwild@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9128-4173</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>April</givenName>
        <surName>Zee</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Univeristy of Florida</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>zeea@ufl.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6151-6401</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Erin</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Cornell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY College of Environmental Science &amp; Forestry</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ecorne01@syr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1884-2700</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Mary</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Arthur</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Kentucky</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>marthur@uky.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ruth</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Yanai</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY College of Environmental Science &amp; Forestry</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rdyanai@esf.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2489</userId>
    </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/373/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>