Deciphering One forest by the lens of Synergy

How do we establish the oneness of forest? 
Trees are important, but when trees unite to create a fully functioning forest, the whole is greater than its parts. So it’s not surprising that isolated trees have far shorter lives than those living connected together in forests. Every forest might look a little different, but the underlying narrative is the same forests matter at a more fundamental level.  
Establishing the synergy of the system through the disintegration and integration of its varied parameters.