Landcover data

For each site, we measured surrounding landcover data at multiple spatial scales using QGIS (v 3.30.3, QGIS Development Team). Landcover data was downloaded from the UKCEH Land Cover Map for 2021 at 10 m x 10 m spatial resolution (Marston et al., 2022). Buffer zones around each site were established at radii of 250 m, 500 m, 750 m, and 1000 m, representing the common dispersal and foraging distances of pollinator groups analysed in this study (Bates et al., 2011).Marston, C., Rowland, C.S., O’Neil, A.W., Morton, R.D. (2022) Land Cover Map 2021 (10m classified pixels, GB). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre.26th July 2023.Bates, A.J., Sadler, J.P., Fairbrass, A.J., Falk, S.J., Hale, J.D. and Matthews, T.J. (2011) Changing bee and hoverfly pollinator assemblages along an urban-rural gradient. <i>PloS one</i>, <b>6</b>, e23459.