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Summary    Over 20% of the world's tropical forests have been selectively logged, and large expanses are allocated for future timber extraction. Reduced‐impact logging ( RIL ) is being promoted as best practice forestry that increases sustainability and lowers  CO  2  emissions from logging, by reducing collateral damage associated with timber extraction.  RIL  is also expected to minimize the impacts of selective logging on biodiversity, although this is yet to be thoroughly tested.  We undertake the most comprehensive study to date to investigate the biodiversity impacts of  RIL  across multiple taxonomic groups. We quantified birds, bats and large mammal assemblage structures, using a before‐after control‐impact ( BACI ) design across 20 sample sites over a 5‐year period. Faunal surveys utilized point counts, mist nets and line transects and yielded >250 species. We examined assemblage responses to logging, as well as partitions of feeding guild and strata (understorey vs. canopy), and then tested for relationships with logging intensity to assess the primary determinants of community composition.  Community analysis revealed little effect of  RIL  on overall assemblages, as structure and composition were similar before and after logging, and between logging and control sites. Variation in bird assemblages was explained by natural rates of change over time, and not logging intensity. However, when partitioned by feeding guild and strata, the frugivorous and canopy bird ensembles changed as a result of  RIL , although the latter was also associated with change over time. Bats exhibited variable changes post‐logging that were not related to logging, whereas large mammals showed no change at all.  Indicator species analysis and correlations with logging intensities revealed that some species exhibited idiosyncratic responses to  RIL , whilst abundance change of most others was associated with time.   Synthesis and applications . Our study demonstrates the relatively benign effect of reduced‐impact logging ( RIL ) on birds, bats and large mammals in a neotropical forest context, and therefore, we propose that forest managers should improve timber extraction techniques more widely. If  RIL  is extensively adopted, forestry concessions could represent sizeable and important additions to the global conservation estate – over 4 million km 2 .

Reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation in tropical forests using reduced‐impact logging