Road verges are pollinator hotspots in agricultural landscapes, but are diminished by heavy traffic and summer verge cutting (dataset)

Dataset includes 2 files: flower and insect counts for transects and pan trapsThe article associated with this dataset is located in ORE at: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/41083Flower and pollinator communities were surveyed in 2018, using transect counts and pan traps, to explore the role of road verges and their associated hedges in supporting pollinators in an agricultural landscape in southwest England, and the impacts of traffic and verge cutting. At 19 sites, the road verge (verge edge and verge centre), the verge hedge (both sides), a field hedge, and the field interior were surveyed.Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) UnitNatural Environment Research Council (NERC