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2.Examples of density dependent factors are food, shelter, predation, competition, and diseases while examples of density independent factors are natural calamities like floods, fires, tornados, droughts, extreme temperatures, and the disturbance of the habitat of living organisms.
Things and events that limit the size of a population regardless of the density of the population are called density-independent factors. The density of a population can be described as the number of organisms living in a specific area at a certain time. For example, a field with thousands of corn plants is much more densely populated than a field of the same size with an orchard of 40 fruit trees. Density-independent factors can affect a population of organisms no matter how small or large the population may be. Examples of Density-Independent Factors. Most density-independent factors are abiotic, or nonliving