Sarah Nilson

Associate Professor of Biology (Beaver)

Sarah Nilson

Research Summary

Conservation genetics, agroforestry, and ethnobotany.

Most Recent Publications

Ramps (Allium tricoccum Aiton) as a Wild Food in Northern Appalachia

Cathryn V. Pugh, Eric P. Burkhart, Sarah E. Nilson, Joshua D. Lambert, 2025, Society and Natural Resources

Habitat modeling of ramps (Allium tricoccum) in Pennsylvania: guidance for forest farming

Ezra Stark, E Burkhart, Cassie Stark, Xin Chen, Sarah Nilson, 2024, Wild on p. 63-81

Two Ramp Taxa, Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii, Differ in Abiotic Habitat Characteristics and Floristic Associates in Pennsylvania

Cassie J. Stark, Sarah E. Nilson, Eric P. Burkhart, 2023, Natural Areas Journal on p. 185-195

Ramp (Allium tricoccum Ait.) weight differs across the harvest season: implications for wild plant stewardship and forest farming

Sarah E. Nilson, Eric Burkhart, Rebecca Jordan, Joshua Lambert, 2022, Agroforestry Systems on p. 97-107

Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry<sup>1</sup>

Eric Burkhart, Grady Zuiderveen, Sarah Nilson, Catherine Pugh, S Nilson, Grady Zuiderveen, 2021, Economic Botany on p. 126-143

The α-subunit of the Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G protein, GPA1, is a regulator of transpiration efficiency

Sarah E. Nilson, Sarah M. Assmann, 2010, Plant Physiology on p. 2067-2077

Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate reproductive trait plasticity in response to water availability

Sarah E. Nilson, Sarah M. Assmann, 2010, New Phytologist on p. 734-746

Isolation and whole-cell patch clamping of Aribidopsis guard cell protoplasts

Wei Zhang, Sarah E. Nilson, Sarah M. Assmann, 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

The control of transpiration. Insights from arabidopsis

Sarah E. Nilson, Sarah M. Assmann, 2007, Plant Physiology on p. 19-27

Mining the complement system for lupus biomarkers

Chau Ching Liu, Natalya Danchenko, Jeannine S. Navratil, Sarah E. Nilson, Susan Manzi, Joseph M. Ahearn, 2005, Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews on p. 185-206

Most-Cited Papers

Neither Wild nor Cultivated: American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) Seller Surveys Provide Insights into in situ Planting and Husbandry<sup>1</sup>

Eric Burkhart, Grady Zuiderveen, Sarah Nilson, Catherine Pugh, S Nilson, Grady Zuiderveen, 2021, Economic Botany on p. 126-143

Ramp (Allium tricoccum Ait.) weight differs across the harvest season: implications for wild plant stewardship and forest farming

Sarah E. Nilson, Eric Burkhart, Rebecca Jordan, Joshua Lambert, 2022, Agroforestry Systems on p. 97-107

Two Ramp Taxa, Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii, Differ in Abiotic Habitat Characteristics and Floristic Associates in Pennsylvania

Cassie J. Stark, Sarah E. Nilson, Eric P. Burkhart, 2023, Natural Areas Journal on p. 185-195

Ramps (Allium tricoccum Aiton) as a Wild Food in Northern Appalachia

Cathryn V. Pugh, Eric P. Burkhart, Sarah E. Nilson, Joshua D. Lambert, 2025, Society and Natural Resources

Habitat modeling of ramps (Allium tricoccum) in Pennsylvania: guidance for forest farming

Ezra Stark, E Burkhart, Cassie Stark, Xin Chen, Sarah Nilson, 2024, Wild on p. 63-81