Can arable field margins be managed to enhance their biodiversity, conservation and functional value for soil macrofauna?

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Sown wildflower strips for insect conservation: a review (2011, background): “Smith et al. (2008) found that sown margins in the UK (with grass only or both grass and forbs) contained more beetle species in soil samples and on average twice as many individuals as the cropped areas.”
Effects of vegetation structure and floristic diversity on detritivore, herbivore and predatory invertebrates within calcareous grasslands (2009, methodology): “Rather, species richness was extrapolated using a non-parametric method which relies on presence/absence data only ( Smith and van Belle 1984 ).”