A MAESTRO retrospective

It is sometimes said that the measure of a good scientist is not how much work they themselves do, but how much they stimulate in others. Accordingly, the MAESTRO model may be cited as one piece of evidence for the importance of Paul Jarvis’ contribution to plant ecophysiology. The model was fostered by Paul throughout its development and its subsequent use in an extraordinary variety of applications. One may easily argue that it has strongly influenced the way in which we think about forest canopy processes.