Question

There is a drought in an area in which white-tailed deer live. classify the drought as a density-independent factor or a density-dependent factor.explain

Answer 1

Density independent factor

Step-by-step explanation:

Drought is a natural phenomenon or process which occurs when there is inadequate supply of water.

This being a physical process depends on parameter such as rainfall in cm, area of the land/catchment, climatic conditions, total population etc.

Drought has no relation with the density based parameters and also it is an abiotic factor that depends only on geophysical process.

Thus, it is density-dependent factor

Answer 2

For the answer to the question above, I think the answer is that Density-independent because it is an abiotic factor which is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the environment, it also affects the limiting factors of the environment.
I hope this helps.