In terms of predators, because the Asian Elephants are so big, not many animals eat them. Their one predator would the Bengal tiger which would probably occasionally eat a young elephant. This means that if the Asian elephant were to go extinct it may result in a few Bengal tigers dying at first, however their population will most likely balance itself out. If you look at its ecosystem as a whole and the food web in which the Asian Elephant is in, not many species other than the Bengal tiger will be affected because the Asian Elephant are herbivores and they mainly eat vegetation that they can find within their habitat such as fruits, leaves and grass. As well, since Bengal tigers are top consumer in the food web, no other species in the food web would be directly affected, except for the scavengers such as Jackals which would have less food and their population may slightly decrease at the beginning because of how much food, just one dead elephant could provide. The decomposers then would probably find another species to feed on after they realize the Asian Elephants are extinct.(8) However, one main impact on the environment if the elephants go extinct would be that many plants in their ecosystem would probably die because the waste products of elephants help disperse and spread the seeds of plants and they also fertilize soil. Without this, some plants and trees would die and because they are producers, this would disrupt the equilibrium and temporarily affect every species in the ecosystem and temporarily slightly reduce their populations, until the plants and trees adapt and regrow, which would eventually restore equilibrium in the ecosystem.(9)