There is little doubt that fire eff

There is little doubt that fire effects are greatly
dependent upon fire behavior. Because there are many
aspects of fire behavior, there are also many quantitative
descriptors. The fire-behavior characteristic(s) selected
as a correlation parameter must have a logical relationship
to the effect being studied. For example, nutrient
effects are probably best gauged by the degree of fuel
consumption, a measure directly related to the quantity
of organic matter ashed by the fire process (Van Wagner
and Methven 1978).