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>Bisley 40 X 40 grid vegetation and site characteristics</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Tamara</givenName>
        <surName>Heartsill-Scalley</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>USDA-FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardín Botánico Sur 1201 Calle Ceiba Rio Piedras</deliveryPoint>
        <city>San Juan</city>
        <administrativeArea>PR</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00926</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(787) 766-5335 x204</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>theartsill@lternet.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-luq/31/389581</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Grizelle</givenName>
        <surName>Gonzalez</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF), USDA Forest Service</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Int. Inst. of Tropical Forestry / USDA Forest Service Jardín Botánico Sur 1201 Calle Ceiba</deliveryPoint>
        <city>San Juan</city>
        <administrativeArea>PR</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00926</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(787) 764-7800</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(787) 766-6302</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>ggonzalez@fs.fed.us</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Tamara</givenName>
        <surName>Heartsill-Scalley</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>USDA-FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardín Botánico Sur 1201 Calle Ceiba Rio Piedras</deliveryPoint>
        <city>San Juan</city>
        <administrativeArea>PR</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00926</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(787) 766-5335 x204</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>theartsill@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>