This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/ldr.3693 Introduced goats reduce diversity and biomass of herbs in Caatinga dry forest Tatiane Menezes 1 , Rodrigo Carmo 1 , Rainer Wirth 2 , Inara R. Leal 1 , Marcelo Tabarelli 1 , André Laurênio 3 & Felipe P.L. Melo 1* 1 Department of Botany, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, 50670-901, Pernambuco, Brazil. 2 Plant Ecology and Systematics, University of Kaiserslautern, PO Box 3049, 67663, Germany. 3 Department of Botany, Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Serra Talhada, 56909-535, Pernambuco, Brazil. *Correspondence author. E-mail: felipe.plmelo@ufpe.br Running title: Goats reduce diversity and biomass of herbs in dry forest This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.