The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to show the important
connection between words or parts of words.
The hyphen is used to indicate compound adjectives placed before nouns
such as “well-rounded individual.” The
hyphen is used to indicate fractions such as “three-fifths.” The hyphen is used to indicate certain
numbers as in “forty-two.” The hyphen is used with all “self” words such as “self-confident.” And, the hyphen is used to break words at syllables
if appearing at the end of a line on a page such as how a hyphen would be placed
between the two “g’s” of “bigger” if bigger were to end a line and it needed to
be split for the sake of space on a page.
Answer: Fires affect animals mainly through effects on their habitat. Fires often cause short-term increases in wildlife foods that contribute to increases in populations of some animals.
