"determining the patterns of" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to introduce a topic or concept that requires further investigation or analysis. Example: "In order to fully understand the effects of climate change, scientists must focus on determining the patterns of rising global temperatures over the past century."
Thus the next few decades will be hugely influential in determining the patterns of production, behaviour and governance that humanity locks into, and the innovative efficiency with which it utilises the earth's resources.
Elevation is a key factor determining the patterns of vegetation types in the landscape, and hence 3 additional variables were based on a digital terrain model (DTM) generated from an ALS dataset collected in the dormant (leaf-off) season.
Our findings suggest that landscape rather than local population characteristics are crucial in determining the patterns of distribution and abundance of non-equilibrium populations in highly fragmented habitat networks.
The GRASP process requires point measurements of the response, as well as regional coverages of predictor variables that are statistically (and preferably causally) important in determining the patterns of the response.
I examined whether the structure of the query network itself could be determining the patterns of interactions with target genes.
Therefore, in dioecious species, patterns of differential resource allocation to reproduction between male and female plants may play an important role in determining the patterns of defense and herbivory in the field.
Results of the analysis showed that attitudinal factor plays an important role in determining the pattern of marriage in Japan.
Such changes might represent a factor in determining the pattern of TP03_0882 localisation to the nucleolus.
Cloning-based sequencing is very useful in determining the pattern of mosaic methylation of individual molecules.
Determining the pattern of a particular protein's binding to modified histones would aid in the understanding of chromatin dynamics.
Seed dispersal is an important factor determining the pattern of seed rain, which affects the interactions those seeds experience.
