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>Short-term disappearance of foliar litter of three tree species native to rain forest of Puerto Rico</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>William H.</givenName>
        <surName>McDowell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources  James Hall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Durham</city>
        <administrativeArea>NH</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>3824</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(603) 862-2249</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(603) 862-4976</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>wmcdowell@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://nre.unh.edu/faculty/mcdowell</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-luq/115/72</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Neal</givenName>
        <surName>Sullivan</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Miami University 102 Roudebush Hall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Oxford</city>
        <administrativeArea>OH</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>45056</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(513) 529-3600</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(513) 529-3762</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>sullivnh@muohio.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.users.muohio.edu/sullivnh/Biography.html</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>William H.</givenName>
        <surName>McDowell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>University of New Hampshire Department of Natural Resources  James Hall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Durham</city>
        <administrativeArea>NH</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>3824</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(603) 862-2249</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(603) 862-4976</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>wmcdowell@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://nre.unh.edu/faculty/mcdowell</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>