Rotation as Influenced by Stand Stocking a Study of Casuarina equisetifolia

The key factors which govern rotation for maximum volume production are site productivity' specification of products desired and stand stocking. Forest productivity is a function of site' products desired to be produced or can be sold are determined by demand or markets and so it is stand stocking only which can be manipulated to obtain maximum growth of desired product in shortest time. If stocking is very low' despite full growth by trees' production will be low. With high stocking' there is a stage beyond which growth does not increase with stocking and with further increase of stocking growth may decline because of stagnation. Now the question arises as to what is the level of optimum stocking? In the present paper attempt is made to identify this level by use of regression technique.