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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.
Density dependent factor. A factor whose effects on the size or growth of population vary with the population density. Density dependent factors typically involve biotic factors, such as the availability of food, parasitism, predation, disease, and migration. As the population increases, food become scarce, infectious diseases can spread easily, and many of its members emigrate. Compare: Density Independent Factor.