Publications

Journal Articles


  • Schall, J. J., Nouri‑Aiin, M. , & Görres, J. (2023). Apolocystis bosanqueti n. Sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) from the invasive earthworm Amynthas agrestis (Annelida: Megascolecidae), with significance for the monophyly of the family Monocystidae. The Journal of Parasitology, 109(2), 56–64.



  • Nouri‑Aiin, M., Connolly, S., Keough, C., Smigelsky, A. J., Wen, Y., Howland, J., Schall, J. J., & Görres, J. H. (2022). Genetic population structure and reproductive system of two invasive Asian earthworms, Amynthas tokioensis and Amynthas agrestis. PeerJ, 10, e13622.


  • Chang, C.‑H., Bartz, M. L., Brown, G., Callaham, M. A., Cameron, E. K., Dávalos, A., Dobson, A., Görres, J. H., Herrick, B. M., Ikeda, H., James, S. W., Johnston, M. R., McCay, T. S., McHugh, D., Minamiya, Y., Nouri-Aiin, M., Novo, M., Ortiz-Pachar, J., Pinder, R. A., Ransom, T., Richardson, J. B., Snyder, B. A., & Szlavecz, K. (2021). The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: Biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms. Biological Invasions, 23, 3291–3322.


  • Nouri‑Aiin, M., & Görres, J. H. (2021). Biocontrol of invasive pheretimoid earthworms using Beauveria bassiana. PeerJ, 9, e11101.


  • Nouri‑Aiin, M., Schall, J. J., Keough, C. A., Wen, Y., & Görres, J. H. (2021). Identifying the unidentifiable: A PCR multiplex protocol for the diagnosis of invasive pheretimoid earthworm species, verified by morphological and barcode identification. Applied Soil Ecology, 161, 103822.


  • McCay, T. S., Brown, G., Callaham Jr, M. A., Chang, C.‑H., Dávalos, A., Dobson, A., Görres, J. H., Herrick, B. M., James, S. W., Johnston, M. R., McHugh, D., Minteer, T., Moore, J., Nouri-Aiin, M., Novo, M., Ortiz-Pachar, J., Pinder, R. A., Richardson, J. B., Snyder, B. A., & Szlavecz, K. (2020). Tools for monitoring and study of peregrine pheretimoid earthworms (Megascolecidae). Pedobiologia, 83, 150669.


  • Görres, J. H., Martin, C., Nouri‑Aiin, M., & Bellitürk, K. (2019). Physical properties of soils altered by invasive pheretimoid earthworms: Does their casting layer create thermal refuges? Soil Systems, 3(3), 52.



  • Görres, J. H., Connolly, S. T., Chang, C.‑H., Carpenter, N. R., Keller, E. L., Nouri‑Aiin, M., & Schall, J. J. (2018). Winter hatching in New England populations of invasive pheretimoid earthworms Amynthas agrestis and Amynthas tokioensis: A limit on population growth, or aid in peripheral expansion? Biological Invasions, 20, 1651–1655.


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