Biodiversity and dynamics of direction finding accuracy in bat biosonar Syed Uzair Gilani Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Rolf Müller, Co-Chair William T Baumann, Co-Chair Richard Buehrer Ting Chung Poon Dhruv Batra Feb 18th, 2015 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords: Biodiversity, Dynamics, Bats Copyright 2016, Syed Uzair Gilani 3/17/2016 RightsLink Printable License AIP PUBLISHING LLC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Mar 17, 2016 This Agreement between Syed Uzair Gilani ("You") and AIP Publishing LLC ("AIP Publishing LLC") consists of your license details and the terms and conditions provided by AIP Publishing LLC and Copyright Clearance Center. 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If you have no objection to that is it then possible that i can have a written permission from you in the form of an email. Thank you so much and with best regards Uzair rer1_beam_18l_s.eps 1288K Sreenath Balakrishnan <bsreenath84@gmail.com> To: "0uzair0 ." <uzairgillani2001@gmail.com> Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:45 AM Oh please use the image for your dissertation. I do not have any problem in you using the image for the dissertation. Good luck. Thanking you, Regards Sreenath [Quoted text hidden] 0uzair0 . <uzairgillani2001@gmail.com> To: Sreenath Balakrishnan <bsreenath84@gmail.com> Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:46 AM Thank you so much. With best regards Uzair [Quoted text hidden] https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=dd1815b3fd&view=pt&search=inbox&th=153516ed3ddda80f&siml=153516ed3ddda80f&siml=15351c11031464cf&siml=15351c25f1d95d36 1/2