Publications

Nouri Aiin, M., Schall, J., Leibovicha, O., Hoover, E., Eller, K., Izzo, V. and Görres, J., Annual Endogenous Cycle and Thermal Drivers of Cocoon Hatching in the Earthworm Amynthas Tokioensis. Applied Soil Ecology, 213, 106300.

Izzo, V. M., Lewins, S. A., & Nouri‑Aiin, M. (2025). On-farm evaluation of swede midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) susceptibility among popular kale varieties. Journal of Economic Entomology, p.toae304.

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. (2022). Elements of biocontrol strategies for pheretimoid earthworms (p. 188). PhD thesis, ProQuest Dissertations; Theses.

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.

Nouri‑Aiin, M., & Görres, J. H. (2019). Earthworm cocoons: The cryptic side of invasive earthworm populations. Applied Soil Ecology, 141, 54–60.

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.

Nouri‑Aiin, M., Askary, H., Imani, S., & Zare, R. (2014). Isolation and characterization of entomopathogenic fungi from hibernating sites of Sunn pest (Eurygaster integriceps) on Ilam mountains, Iran. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 3(12), 314–325.

Dávalos, A., Görres, J., Herrick, B. M., McCay, T. S., & Nouri‑Aiin, M. (2025). Management of invasive earthworms in North America. In M. Hung Wong & T. Seastedt (Eds.), Sustainable management of invasive species, pp. 277-309. World Scientific, London.

Nouri‑Aiin, M., & Görres, J. (2024). Invasive earthworms and agricultural ecosystem processes in America. In Y. Kooch & Y. Kuzyakov (Eds.), Earthworms and ecological processes, pp. 3-31. Springer Nature Switzerland.