Establishment and early persistence of tree seedlings in an annually burned savanna

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How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness (2011, background): “…studies from both Africa and the Brazilian cerrado have also found that fire excludes faster growing forest species from savanna (Hoffmann and Solbrig 2003, Gignoux et al. 2009, Hoffmann et al. 2009), which is not expected if height growth rate is the key factor for survival in fire-prone savanna.”
Positive feedbacks amplify rates of woody encroachment in mesic tallgrass prairie (2011, background): “However, grasses can suppress seedling establishment and/or prohibit seedlings from reaching the adult stage, which imposes a demographic bottleneck on woody plant populations (Higgins et al. 2000, Sankaran et al. 2005, Gignoux et al. 2009, Staver et al. 2011).”
Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically (2010, background): “Therefore, how long would it take a savanna tree to achieve a height of 2m in the face of persistent disturbance and seasonal drought? Gignoux et al. (2009) estimated that this period could be as long as 10 years for savanna species in an annually burned African savanna.”