Coombes, Peter, John.2017-07-062017-07-061991http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22949A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Wiwatersrand, Johannesburg, for the degree of Master of Science.This study aimed to investigate, within the contemporary philosophy of science, key aspects of the paradigm formulated by the national Vegetation Monitoring Work team (VMW), and thereby develop a grassland monitoring system to place. the management of the Wolkberg Wilderness Area (WWA) on a testable basis. ( Abbreviation abstract )enGrasslands -- South Africa -- Transvaal -- Wolkberg Wilderness Area.Veld grass -- South Africa -- Transvaal -- Wolkberg Wilderness Area.Sampling (Statistics)Wolkberg Wilderness Area (South Africa) -- Management.Thesis