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The dataset is freely available on the web repository of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). There are 6 files in NetCDF format: 3 with precipitation estimations (pcp_) and 3 with standard errors (err_) of each estimation. Each of 3 files represent peninsular Spain (pen_), Balearic islands (bal_) and Canary islands (can_)., Spanish PREcipitation At Daily scale (SPREAD) is a new daily gridded precipitation dataset for Spain. It covers the whole territory of peninsular Spain and Balearic and Canary Islands at a 5x5 kilometre spatial resolution. Daily precipitation was estimated for each point of the grid from 1950-01-01 to 2012-12-31 in peninsular Spain and from 1971-01-01 to 2012-12-31 in the Balearic and Canary Islands. The grid was built using a previously reconstructed station-based dataset using reddPrec package (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/reddPrec). The observed precipitation information comprised 12,858 stations provided by Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET); Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAGRAMA); Meteorologic Service of Catalonia (METEOCAT); Navarra Government and several hydrological confederations., This study was supported by research projects CGL2015-69985-R and CGL2014-52135-C3-1-R, funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) and FEDER-ERDF funds. The researchers were supported by the Government of Aragón through the ‘Programme of research groups’ (groups ‘H38, Clima, Cambio Global y Sistemas Naturales’ and ‘E68, Geomorfología y Cambio Global’)., No

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Nest materials used by animals can have profound effects on developing offspring. They can modify the bacterial and parasitic environment of the nest, and can influence parental investment through sexual signalling processes. In spotless starlings, Sturnus unicolor, green plants and feathers are known nest materials with such functions. The aim of our study was to experimentally assess their influence on nestlings’ telomere length and attrition, which are good predictors of their survival prospects. In a full-factorial experiment, we explored these effects in two different populations, together with the potential effects of hatching date, ectoparasitism, bacterial environment and nestling growth. Telomere length and attrition largely depended on population identity and hatching date. After correcting for these effects, the addition of feathers resulted in higher rates of telomere attrition. The addition of plants did not affect nestling telomeres in general, but did in interaction with location: in Hueneja, the experimental addition of green plants resulted in longer telomeres. Feather pigmentation also did not affect telomere length or attrition in general, but did in interaction with location: in Hueneja, the experimental addition of unpigmented feathers resulted in nestlings with longer telomeres and lower attrition rates. Moreover, prevalence of staphylococci on the skin of 8-day-old nestlings was negatively related to telomere lengths of fledglings. Taken together, these results suggest a direct link between nest material composition and nestling telomere length and dynamics. This relationship could be partially mediated by the antimicrobial and/or antiparasitic properties of nest materials or by sexual signalling, Funding was provided by the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad and European funds (FEDER) (CGL2013-48193-C3-1-P, CGL2013-48193-C3-2-P, CGL2012-30759, CGL2015-65055-P). J.M.P., G.T. and M.R.R. were supported respectively by Juan de la Cierva, Ramón & Cajal and Talentia postdoctoral contracts., Peer reviewed

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), 2 colgantes en forma de mosca, una cuenta de perfil compuesto, y fragmento de cuenta de perfil curvo

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), 2 colgantes en forma de mosca, una cuenta de perfil compuesto, y fragmento de cuenta de perfil curvo

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), Anverso de colgante en forma de mosca

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), Reverso de colgante en forma de mosca

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), Cuenta de perfil compuesto calada

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), Cuenta de perfil compuesto calada

Proyectos del Plan Nacional I+D+I con referencias PB94-0129, PB97-1132, BHA 2002-00138, HUM 2006-06250/HIST, Proyectos de la CAM con referencias 06/0020/1997, 06/0094/1998, 06/0090/2000, 06/0043/2001, Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010 con sigla CSD2007-00058, No, Museo de Santa Cruz (Toledo), Palomar del Pintado (Toledo), Cuenta de perfil compuesto calada