TAKASHI Hirano
Title: Professor
Address: Research Faculty of Hokkaido University
          Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
Tel: +81-11-706-3689
Email: hirano@env.agr.hokudai.ac.jp
Education Background:
    1992  Doctor of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
    1986  Master of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
    1984  Bachelor of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
Working Experiences:
    2006  Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
    1998  Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
    1996  Associate Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
    1993  Lecturer, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
    1988  Assistant Professor, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Research Interests:
Carbon and water balances of terrestrial ecosystems, effects of disturbances on ecosystem carbon balance, carbon accumulation in peatland ecosystems
Selected Publications：
Hirano T, Jauhiainen J, Inoue T and Takahashi H. 2009. Controls on the carbon balance of tropical peatlands. Ecosystems, 12, 873-887.
Hirano T, Segah H, Harada T, Suwido L, June T, Hirata R and Osaki M. 2007. Carbon dioxide balance of a tropical peat swamp forest in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Global Change Biology, 13, 412-425.
Hirano T. 2005. Seasonal and diurnal variations in topsoil and subsoil respiration under snowpack in a temperate deciduous forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, doi:10.1029/2004GB002259.
Hirano T, Kim H and Tanaka Y. 2003. Long-term half-hourly measurement of soil CO2 concentration and soil respiration in a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 108, doi:10.1029/2003JD003766.
Hirano T, Hirata R, Fujinuma Y, Saigusa N, Yamamoto S, Harazono Y, Takada M, Inukai K and Inoue G. 2003. CO2 and water exchange of a larch forest in northern Japan. Tellus, 55B, 244-257.