A population of fruit bats faces a food shortage when the fruit trees they depend on for food begin to die from disease. What type of growth pattern will the bats exibit

The limiting factor is in the environment rather than the age, since the bats growth is only limited by the fruit trees they feed on. This follows the concept of carrying capacity of an environment, so this is best modelled by logistic growth.

so the answer is logistic growth

Logistic growth