“…Several studies have evaluated how livestock grazing changes agroecosystem properties under conservation soil management with moderate grazing intensity and adequate soil fertility. Livestock impacts on soils have mostly been nil or positive regarding chemical (e.g., Carvalho et al, 2010; Deiss et al, 2016; Martins et al, 2014, 2016), physical (e.g., Andreolla et al, 2015; Andreolla, Bonini, Deiss, Sandini, 2014) and biological attributes (e.g., Acosta‐Martínez, Bell, Morris, Zak, et al, 2010; Acosta‐Martínez, Dowd, Sun, Wester, et al, 2010; Chávez et al, 2011; Davinic et al, 2013). Fewer studies, however, have addressed the trade‐offs these positive changes in soil properties might have for soil exchangeable complex composition (i.e., base saturation) and essential micronutrient availability.…”