Creating an Artificial No-Fly Zone with Sensory Disruptions
摘要
Migrating birds are subject to building collisions and changes to their stopover ecology in urban centers containing sprawling skyscrapers with transparent glass windows and artificial light. We devised a theoretical solution to prevent birds from entering building dense areas (‘No-Fly Zones’) by targeting the avian sensory system to induce a deterring effect through the use of artificial sensory noise. In our simulation, we introduced artificial noise into a virtual environment with an agent navigating along a predetermined vector and observed the probability of successfully avoiding the no-fly zone in two- and three-dimensions. We found that introducing artificial noise can improve the likelihood of avoiding the no-fly zone. Results from this simulation should be compared to future real-world behavioral data to help determine implementation and feasibility of creating areas with increased sensory noise to reduce biological entry into established no-fly zones and curtail physical structure interactions. Potential sensory systems that can be targeted include vision, olfaction, and magnetoreception.