The bond between the organism and the environment is the synerg which is composed of the biological role and the selection force; the sum of all the synergs is the niche. […] the interconnection between the organism and its environment is through a couple formed by the biological role and the selection force. This couple may be called a synerg signifying a working together of the organism and the environment. A synerg may be defined as a link between the organism and its umwelt formed by one selection force of the umwelt and one biological role of a faculty.
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synergSynerg (ger.)
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The Coupling of the organism to its environment, composed of the biological role of the organism in its environment and the selection forces on the organism exerted by the environment.
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Bock, W. & Wahlert, G. von (1965). Adaptation and the form-function complex. Evolution 19, 269-299: 281.