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The Caatinga is a typical seasonally dry forest with a fine-tuned adaptation to the climatic conditions of the Brazilian semi-arid region and has been frequently replaced by grassland. As the effects of this replacement on CO2, water and energy fluxes are still unknown, simultaneous measurements of such fluxes are essential to understand the possible feedback cycles associated with the seasonal functioning...