Biological Mutualism: A Scientific Survey. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davison, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Theology and science. Volume 18:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 210
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: Symbiosis -- mutualism -- cooperation -- evolution -- ecology -- human health -- science and religion; Religion and science -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 261.55
• DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1755534
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-6700

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The role of close inter-species relationships has become clearer in contemporary biology than ever before, not least the importance of mutually beneficial interactions (mutualism). This paper surveys this area of science, presenting it for a non-specialist readership, as part of a journal edition assembling theological engagements with biological mutualism, as a provocation to interdisciplinary research between the natural sciences and the arts and humanities, is a description of the extent and significance of mutualism in relation to ecology, evolution, and human health, along with a discussion of the history of writing on the theme, and a glossary.