Which domain and forest functional level is supportted for the "Active Directory Resource Pool Synchronization"?

Hi all,
I'd like to confirm which Domain/Forest functional levels of Active Directory is supported for "Active Directory Resource Pool Synchronization" in Project Server 2013.
I guess that 2003 or later is supported, but my customer required reliable sources.
I googled and searched article at TechNet, but I couldn't find.
Could anyone inform me the article about that?
Thank you in advance.
Kaori.

Hi Michael and all,
Anyway I solved this issue.
I couldn't find article that I desired, so I asked advice to my colleagues and they told that the functional level 2003 or later are supported in their experience.
In addition, I found these articles about SharePoint sync limitations.
Members of the domain local group cannot view a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web site
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932378/en-us
SharePoint supportability of Read only Domain controllers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970612

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