title: Editorial: Global Change, Clonal Growth, and Biological Invasions by Plants.
authors.affiliation: School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Fei-Hai
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: BioCost Group, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of A Coruña Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Roiloa
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alpert
keywords: climate change; clonality; environmental heterogeneity; genotypic and phenotypic diversity; invasiveness; rapid evolution