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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. Also found in: Encyclopedia. density-dependent factor. any factor that regulates the size of a population under natural circumstances by acting more severely on a population when it is large than when it is small. Thus as numbers increase so does competition for resources, e.g. food or nesting material.