Are systems with strong underlying abiotic regimes more likely to exhibit alternative stable states

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Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human-modified world. (2009, background): “…destabilized by positive feedback loops capable of driving regime change and high background levels of environmental adversity (e.g. drought cycles; Didham et al. 2005), or a correlation between response and effect traits in functionally important species groups (e.g. the loss of large dung…”
Restoration Ecology: Interventionist Approaches for Restoring and Maintaining Ecosystem Function in the Face of Rapid Environmental Change (2008, background): “based on a state and transition approach and the recognition of potential thresholds (6, 7, 49) (Figure 1) are increasingly used to understand non-linear and non-equilibrium ecosystem dynamics ((46, 50-54).”
Setting Effective and Realistic Restoration Goals: Key Directions for Research (2007, background): “Such approaches are receiving increasing attention in the recent ecological literature (e.g., Beisner et al. 2003; Bestelmeyer et al. 2004; Mayer & Rietkerk 2004; Walker & Meyers 2004; Didham et al. 2005; Schröder et al. 2005).”
Coral Reef Algae (2011, background): “7b), or if these shifts represent alternative stable states (Scheffer et al. 2001; Beisner et al. 2003; Didham et al. 2005).”