Anthropocentric defaunation affects critical ecological processes, such as seed dispersal, putting ecosystems and biomes at risk, and leading to habitat impoverishment. Diverse restoration techniques could reverse the process of habitat impoverishment. However, in most of the restoration efforts, only vegetation cover is targeted. Fauna and flora are treated as isolated components, neglecting a key component of ecosystems’ functioning, the ecological interactions. We tested whether the resilient frugivorous generalist fauna can improve habitat quality by dispersing native plant species through the use of fruit feeders as in a semideciduous seasonal urban forest fragment. A total of 32 sampling points was selected at a heavily degraded 251-ha urban forest fragment, with feeders installed at two heights monitored by camera-traps. Variable quantities of native fruits of 27 zoochorous species were offered alternately in the feeders. Based on more than 36,000 h of video records, Turdus leucomelas (Class Aves), Sapajus nigritus (Class Mammalia), and Salvator merianae (Class Reptilia) were recorded ingesting the highest fruit species richness. Didelphis albiventris (Class Mammalia) was the most frequent visitor but consumed only pulp in most of the visits. The frugivorous birds were recorded at a high visitation rate and consumed a wider variety of fruits. Our study opens a new avenue to combine the traditional approach of ecosystems recovery and ecological interactions restauration in an urban forest fragment.

以人类为中心的动物区系丧失影响关键的生态过程，例如种子传播，使生态系统和生物群落处于危险之中，并导致栖息地贫困。多样化的恢复技术可以扭转栖息地贫困化的过程。然而，在大多数恢复工作中，仅针对植被覆盖。动物区系和植物区系被视为孤立的组成部分，忽略了生态系统功能的关键组成部分，即生态相互作用。我们测试了有弹性的食果性综合动物群是否可以通过在半落叶的季节性城市森林碎片中使用水果饲养者分散本地植物物种来改善栖息地质量。在一个严重退化的 251 公顷城市森林碎片中选择了总共 32 个采样点，在两个高度安装了馈线，并由摄像头监控。喂食器中交替提供 27 种野生动物的不同数量的本地水果。基于超过 36,000 小时的视频记录，Turdus leucomelas (Class Aves)、Sapajus nigritus (Class Mammalia) 和Salvator merianae (Class Reptilia) 被记录为摄取最高的水果种类丰富度。Didelphis albiventris (Class Mammalia) 是最常访问的人，但在大多数访问中只消耗纸浆。食果鸟类的访问率很高，并食用了更多种类的水果。我们的研究开辟了一条新途径，将传统的生态系统恢复方法与城市森林碎片中的生态相互作用恢复相结合。