cristata are attracted to firebreaks located at the park’s boundaries. Nests were usually in tree canopies and some of them were built nearly over the park’s fence. Nests had eggs and nestlings in October and no nestlings were found in November. Two or three white eggs were found in the nests. Nine (69%) of them were in fruiting Pouteria torta (Mart.) (Sapotaceae). A total of 13 nests were found, all within firebreaks at the edge of the park. These sites were 2.5-km strips of Campo Cerrado woodlands with (firebreaks) and without fire management, located at the interior and boundaries of the park. Nests were searched and monitored throughout 34 study sites between October and November 2006. This study aimed to examine the effects of fire management on nest-site selection by the Red-legged Seriema, Cariama cristata, and to describe nest-building characteristics at Parque Nacional das Emas (PNE). Although it is a common practice, the impact of fire management on birds remains poorly investigated. In the Brazilian Cerrado Biome, fire management within conservation units is usually restricted to burning grassland and woodland strips during the dry season to stop fires from spreading.
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