Q:
Which is a density independent factor in controlling a population?
Answer & Explanation
Answer: C) Floods
Explanation: Any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is not dependent on the number of individuals in the population, then such factor is called Density Independent Factor. It is things that the organisms have no control over.
Here in the given options, food shortage and disease are factors that are dependent on the number of population but Floods have no dependency.
Some examples of density independent factors are :: Earth quake, fires, volcanic eruptions, floods, and all natural calamities.
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