Research interests
Sustainable agriculture, nitrogen cycle, climate change adaptation, agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, diffuse sources of pollution, enhanced rock weathering, soil survey and evaluation, soil management, environmental science, climate-smart agriculture, interdisciplinary research, sustainable development, geographic information system (GIS)
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HFNYRFYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Peer-reviewed scientific publications
Čadro, S., Marković, M., Hadžić, A., Hadžić, A., Žurovec, O. (2024). Assessing the impact of climate change on extreme hydrological events in Bosnia and Herzegovina using SPEI. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 25(2), 531-541.
Čadro, S., Uzunović, M., Marković, M., Žurovec, O., & Gocić, M. (2023). Climate change impacts on water balance components in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Agriculture & Forestry 69(2).
Mellander, P.E., Lynch, M.B., Galloway, J., Žurovec, O., McCormack, M., O’Neill, M., Hawtree, D., Burgess, E. (2022). Benchmarking a decade of holistic agro-environmental studies within the Agricultural Catchments Programme. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
Žurovec, O., Wall, D., Brennan, F., M., Krol, D.J., Forrestal, P.J., Richards, K.G. (2021). Increasing soil pH reduces fertiliser derived N2O emissions in intensively managed temperate grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 311, 107319.
Žurovec, O., Vedeld, P.O. (2019). Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in Laggard Transitional Economies: A Case from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sustainability, 11, 6079.
Žurovec, O., Sitaula, B. K., Čustović, H., Žurovec, J., Dörsch, P. (2017). Effects of tillage practice on soil structure, N2O emissions and economics in cereal production under current socio-economic conditions in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. PLOS ONE, 12(11), e0187681.
Žurovec, O., Čadro, S., Sitaula, B. K. (2017). Quantitative Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change in Rural Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sustainability, 9(7), 1208.
Čadro, S., Uzunović, M., Žurovec, J., Žurovec, O. (2017). Validation and calibration of various reference evapotranspiration alternative methods under the climate conditions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 5(4), p. 309-324.
Žurovec, O., Čustović, H., Žurovec, J. (2017). Content and spatial distribution of heavy metals in topsoils of Canton Sarajevo. Works of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 62(1), p.113-124.
Žurovec, O., Vedeld, P.O., Sitaula, B.K. (2015). Agricultural Sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Climate Change—Challenges and Opportunities. Agriculture, 5(2), p. 245-266.
Čustović, H., Đikić, M., Ljuša, M., Žurovec, O. (2013). Effect of Climate Changes on Agriculture of the Western Balkan Countries and Adaptation Policies. Agriculture & Forestry, 58(2), p. 127-141
Vojniković, S., Taletović, J., Balić, B., Ljuša, M., Žurovec, O., Čustović, H. (2013). Estimation of forest area in the Sarajevo Canton following the 4th level of the CORINE Land Cover nomenclature. Naše Šume 12(32/33), p.12-22.
Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2011). Influence of Soil Water Retention Properties on Hydrological Cycle and Water Budgeting Module Simulation, Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, 76(1), p. 65-69
Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2010). Hydrological cycle as a function of physical soil properties in conditions of natural hydrological regime, Works of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 60(2)
Book chapters
Sitaula, B.K., Žurovec, O., Luitel, B.C., Parker, A., Lal, R. (2020). Need for personal transformations in a changing climate: reflections on environmental change and climate-smart agriculture in Africa. In Singh, B.R., Safalaoh, A., Amuri, N.A., Olav, L., Sitaula, B., Lal, R. (Eds.) Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa, Springer Nature, Switzerland
Sitaula, B. K., Žurovec, O., Moulton, M. K. (2015) Why climate change adaptation in the agriculture book? In Čustović, H., Ljuša, M., Sitaula, B. K. (eds) Adaptation to climate change in agriculture (now is the time to act), Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sitaula, B. K., Čustović, H., Ljuša, M., Žurovec, O. (2015) Understanding climate change. In Čustović, H., Ljuša, M., Sitaula, B. K. (eds) Adaptation to climate change in agriculture (now is the time to act), Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conference presentations and proceedings
Žurovec, O., Hawtree, D., Galloway, J., Leach, S., Wall, D.P., Richards, K.G., Lynch, B. (2023). What can we learn from 12 years of soil nutrient data in Irish agricultural catchments? Catchment Science 2023, Wexford, Ireland, 7-9 November 2023.
Žurovec, O., Wall, D.P., Richards, K.G., Lynch, B. (2023). Effects of grassland management intensity on nitrate leaching losses. Catchment Science 2023, Wexford, Ireland, 7-9 November 2023.
Žurovec, O., Hawtree, D., Leach, S., Lynch, B. (2023). Impact of agricultural land use and management on available soil phosphorus content in agricultural catchments of Ireland. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April 2023
Hawtree, D., Galloway, J., Žurovec, O., Jackson-Blake, L., Norling, M., Mellander, PE. (2023). Performance of a Parsimonious Phosphorus Model (SimplyP) in Two Contrasting Agricultural Catchments in Ireland. EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 23–28 April 2023
Žurovec, O., Lynch, M.B., Richards, K.G. (2022). Lysimeter-measured nitrate leaching on non-derogation and derogation farms in Ireland. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Land Use and Water Quality, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 12-15 September 2022
Žurovec, O., Burgess, E., Leach, S., Lynch, M.B. (2022). Recent field-scale trends in soil fertility status across agricultural catchments in Ireland. 22nd World Congress of Soil Science, Glasgow, UK, 31 July - 5 August 2022
Mellander, P-E, Lynch, B., Galloway, J., Žurovec, O., McCormack, M., O’Neill, M., Burgess, E. (2021). The Agricultural Catchments Programme: a decade of agro-environmental studies. The 41st Annual IAH Irish Group Groundwater Conference: “Catchment Science and Management – The Role of Geoscience and Groundwater”. April 26-27 - Online
Žurovec, O., Wall, D.P., Brennan, F.P., Grau Butinyac, M., Krol, D.J., Richards, K.G. (2021). Effects of lime application management on nitrous oxide emission and nitrogen use efficiency: An example from an Irish intensive grassland system. In The 8th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference (INI2021) 31 May - 3 June 2021 - Online
Grau Butinyac, M., Žurovec, O., O'Flaherty, V., Richards, K., Wall, D., Brennan, F. (2019). pH and P effects on denitrifying microbial communities in grassland soil. In Wageningen Soil Conference 2019, Wageningen, Netherlands. August 27 – 30 2019.
Sitaula, B. K., Žurovec, O., Moulton, M. K. (2013). Need for Integrating Transformative Wisdom in Higher Education and Research for Climate Change Adaptation Mitigation, Proceedings of the 24th International Scientific Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Čustović, H., Vlahinić, M., Žurovec, O. (2012). Soil Water Balance Analyses on the Level of Bosnia & Herzegovina – Possibilities and Control of Green and Blue Water Regime, Proceedings of the 11th Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop, Smolenice, Slovakia, March 2012
Čadro, S., Berjan, S., El Bilali, H., Žurovec, O., Šimić, J. and B. Rajčević (2012). Governance of Adaptation to and Mitigation of Climate Change on Agricultural, Forest and Water Resources in Bosnia, Proceedings of the Third International Scientific Symposium "Agrosym Jahorina 2012", Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sharku, A., Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2012). Physical, Chemical and Mineralogical Properties of Vertisols at the Area of Rahovec Municipality (Kosovo), Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi 2013 Special Issue, Volume 1, p. 153-158, Izmir, Turkey
Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2011). Uptake of some heavy metals by barley and alfalfa on the coal ash disposal sites, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi Special Issue, Volume 1, p. 389-394, Izmir, Turkey
Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2011). Environmental impact of coal ash deposition, Növénytermelés 60, Suppl: p. 387-390, Opatija, Croatia
Muhamedagić, F., Bašić, F., Žurovec, O. (2011). Agroecological Zones of The National Park Una in The Function of Sustainable Soil Management, Proceedings of the 22nd International Scientific-Expert Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 September - 1 October, 2011
Ljuša, M., Čustović, H., Taletović, J., Žurovec, O. (2011). Land Cover Characteristics of The Canton of Sarajevo, Proceedings of the 22nd International Scientific-Expert Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 September - 1 October, 2011
Čustović, H., Žurovec, O. (2011). Soil Characteristics and Landslide Problems in Sarajevo Area, Proceedings of the 22nd International Scientific-Expert Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 September - 1 October, 2011
Žurovec, O., Semić, M., Filipović, H., Bukalo, E. (2009). Contents of some inorganic and organic pollutants in soils of Federation BiH, JRC Scientific and Technical reports, Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe, EUR 24889 EN – 2011