multispecies
Across different species
Multispecies describes something involving or relating to more than one species.
The term appears in scientific and ecological contexts: multispecies fisheries management, multispecies communities.
It has gained currency in fields examining relationships between humans and other organisms: multispecies ethnography studies how human lives intertwine with animals, plants, and microbes.
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- predationHunting and consuming prey
competition · pollination · herbivory · facilitation · host · pathogen · prey · predator
Agreement or musical blend
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- integrationCombining into a whole
- sharingDividing among others
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
alliance · partnership · reciprocity · tolerance · balance · peaceful · assemblage · community
Organism's natural environment
- biomeMajor ecological community
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
ocean · river · fauna · flora · savanna · tundra · desert · jungle
At risk of extinction
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- reserveSupply kept back
corridor · reintroduction · biodiversity · stewardship · restoration · extinction · threatened · poaching
Being of mixed species
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- worldingConstructing fictional realities
- kinshipState of being related
storying · cohabitation · relational · ethics · posthumanism · decolonial
Science of categorical arrangement
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- organismsIndividual living entities
classification · zoology · botany · microbiology · ethology · morphology · anatomy · adaptation
symbiosis
Interspecies biological interdependence
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
predation · competition · pollination · herbivory · facilitation · host · pathogen · prey · predator · coevolution
harmony
Agreement or musical blend
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
- integrationCombining into a whole
- sharingDividing among others
cooperative · alliance · partnership · reciprocity · tolerance · balance · peaceful · assemblage · community · collective
habitat
Organism's natural environment
grassland · ocean · river · fauna · flora · savanna · tundra · desert · jungle · lake
endangered
At risk of extinction
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
reserve · corridor · reintroduction · biodiversity · stewardship · restoration · extinction · threatened · poaching · rewilding
human-animal
Being of mixed species
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- worldingConstructing fictional realities
kinship · storying · cohabitation · relational · ethics · posthumanism · decolonial
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
organisms · classification · zoology · botany · microbiology · ethology · morphology · anatomy · adaptation · reproduction
specific, species, specimen, specificity, specie, speciation, speciate