Mapping melliferous tree species in Kenya via one-class classification with hyperspectral unsupervised domain adaptation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02045v1
• Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:42:50 GMT
• Title: Mapping melliferous tree species in Kenya via one-class classification with hyperspectral unsupervised domain adaptation
• Abstract summary: Melliferous tree species play a critical role by providing essential nectar sources for bees.<n>This study proposes a hyperspectral unsupervised domain adaptation OCC framework (HyUDA-One) for tree species mapping.<n>The effectiveness of HyUDA-One was demonstrated by mapping three key melliferous tree species in two savanna landscapes in southern Kenya.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The beekeeping sector holds significant potential for livelihood diversification among the agropastoral communities in Kenya. Melliferous tree species play a critical role by providing essential nectar sources for bees. However, limited knowledge of their precise spatial distributions constrains the full development of beekeeping. One-class classification (OCC) offers a practical solution for detecting single target species without requiring extensive labeled data from other classes. Although existing OCC methods perform well in trained domains, the generalization capability to unseen domains remains limited due to domain shift. To address these challenges, this study proposes a hyperspectral unsupervised domain adaptation OCC framework (HyUDA-One) for tree species mapping using airborne hyperspectral imagery and laser scanning data. The spatial-spectral regularized pseudo-positive learning was designed to mitigate domain shift and improve model generalizability. The effectiveness of HyUDA-One was demonstrated by mapping three key melliferous tree species in two savanna landscapes in southern Kenya. The results show that HyUDA-One significantly improves performance in unlabeled domains. The F1-scores of 0.788, 0.845, and 0.768 were achieved for Senegalia mellifera, Vachellia tortilis, and Commiphora africana in the trained domain, respectively. In the untrained domain, the F1-scores of Senegalia mellifera and Vachellia tortilis were 0.756 and 0.884, respectively. The distribution maps revealed the spatial patterns of these melliferous tree species and the nectar source availability, offering an important reference for sustainable beekeeping development in savanna landscapes. Furthermore, the proposed framework can potentially be extended to other mapping applications, such as invasive species detection.

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