Inmobileadhocnetworks(MANET),nodesmovefreelyandthedistributionofaccessrequestschangesdynamically.Replicaallocationinsuchadynamicenvironmentisasignificantchallenge.Inthispaoer,adynamicadaptivereplicaallocationalgorithmthatcanadapttothenodesmotionisproposedtominimizethecommunicationcostofobjectaccess.Whenchangesoccurintheaccessrequestsoftheobjectorthenetworktopology,eachreplicanodecollectsaccessrequestsfromitsneighborsandmakesdecisionslocallytoexpandreplicatoneighborsortorelinquishthereplica.Thealgorithmdynamicallyadaptsthereplicaallocationschemetoalocaloptimalone.SimulationresultsshowthatouralgorithmsefficientlyreducethecommunicationcostofobjectaccessinMANETenvironment.