Jankowiak, Łukasz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-9778
Hoffmann, Anke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-5086
Decher, Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3941-0659
Szkudlarek, Michał https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2655-3140
Eccel, Nicola https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5338-5818
Popiel, Patrycja https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6532-4208
Malinowska, Bogna https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7060-4316
Sęk, Oliwia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9724-5677
Rychlik, Leszek https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-1443
Funding for this research was provided by:
Regional Excellence Initiative (No. RID/SP/0045/2024/01)
Article History
Received: 28 April 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Declarations
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: All fieldwork, including small mammal trapping, handling, and data collection, was carried out under official permits and approvals granted by the relevant German (Lower Oder Valley National Park Authority Approval LFU-N4-4730/14 + 42#290369/2021) and Polish (Approval WOPN.6401.8.10.2022.MKH) conservation and environmental authorities.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work reported in this paper.