Despite the evidence that fauna play complex and critical roles in ecosystems (e.g. pollination and nutrient cycling) and the knowledge that they need to be considered in restoration, fauna often remain poorly represented in restoration goal setting, monitoring and assessments of restoration success. Fauna clearly are integral to the aspirations of achieving full ecosystem recovery. However, over‐reaching assumptions about the unassisted return of fauna to restored sites, low investment in fauna monitoring, and minimal consideration of the requirements for fauna monitoring in regulatory guidance and standards appear to have led to the historically vegetation‐centric approaches to rehabilitation and ecological restoration. We argue that ecological complexities render assumptions of unassisted fauna return inappropriate in many situations and may represent a missed opportunity to enhance ecological outcomes and improve restoration trajectories. We advocate for greater consideration of fauna as facilitators of ecological restoration and, particularly for well‐funded projects, for monitoring to place greater emphasis on examining the behaviour and resilience of restored fauna communities. There is a clear need for both industry and regulators to recognise that fauna can be crucial facilitators of restoration and appreciate that the return and monitoring of functional faunal communities can be costly, challenging and may require detailed study across a wide range of taxonomic groups. Failure to advance from business as usual models may risk leaving a legacy of ostensibly functional, but biodiversity‐depauperate, restored ecosystems.

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恢复目标：为什么在恢复正常运转的生态系统的过程中仍然忽略动物区系，对此该怎么办？

尽管有证据表明动物群在生态系统中扮演着复杂而关键的角色（例如授粉和养分循环），并且知道在恢复过程中需要考虑它们，但是动物群在恢复目标设定，监测和评估恢复成功中的代表性仍然很差。动物区系显然是实现生态系统全面恢复的必不可少的条件。但是，关于动物群无助地恢复到恢复地点的过分假设，对动物群监测的低投资以及法规指导和标准中对动物群监测要求的最低考虑，似乎导致了历史上以植被为中心的恢复和恢复方法。生态恢复。我们认为，生态复杂性使无助动植物的假设在许多情况下不适当，并且可能代表了错过的机会来增强生态成果并改善恢复轨迹。我们主张更多地考虑将动物作为生态恢复的促进者，特别是对于资金充足的项目，以进行监测，以更加侧重于检查恢复的动物群落的行为和复原力。业界和监管机构都明确认识到，动物群是恢复的关键促进者，并认识到功能性动物群落的返回和监测可能代价高昂，具有挑战性，并且可能需要对广泛的生物分类群体进行详细研究。