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There is nothing wrong with hypothesis testing. It is Science. However, the Intrinsic guild approach offers a test of the existence of guild structure that does not depend on human judgment. When we find an assembly rule, then we can start looking for the mechanism.

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Wilson, J.B. A reply. Folia Geobot 30, 535–536 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803983

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