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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.
What are density dependent and density independent factors? Pertinent examples of density independent factors include volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, droughts, monsoons, wildfires and hurricanes. A volcano is a density independent factor in that the cataclysm destroys trees, which are a potential food source. Lava and soot can kill certain species and lower the population. Volcanic discharge can pollute local drinking water, forcing animals to find clean sources of water elsewhere.