3CLINKS benefits are derived by combining the outputs of three analysis:

• A multi-scale habitat links analysis based on 1990 climate;
• A multi-scale habitat links analysis (based on MPI-8.5 only) where currently extant bioclimatic envelopes are linked through extant vegetation to areas expected to support compositionally similar communities by 2050;
• New colonisations from any class predicted from a 3CMP model (based on MPI-8.5 only) where each colonisation is weighted by the 2050 estimate of conservation significance for the relevant community (from the BFT assessment).